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Reliving San Francisco's 1906 earthquake and fire
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This image of damaged Victorians at the corner of Howard and 18th Streets following the April 18, 1906, quake is part of the Bancroft Library's collection of earthquake photographs and memorabilia.
PHOTO 19XX.112:022, BY PERMISSION OF THE BANCROFT LIBRARY, UC BERKELEY
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One hundred years ago April 18th, the 7.9 earthquake centered off the coast of San Francisco was felt all the way from Los Angeles to Oregon and Nevada. Only one minute long, it killed 3,000 people and ignited firestorms that burned for three days, forever changing the face of the Bay Area.
UC Berkeley and hundreds of organizations throughout northern California are marking the centennial of San Francisco’s great 1906 earthquake and fire—still ranked one of the greatest natural disasters in U.S. history—with conferences, memorials, exhibits, tours and other events. With preparedness as a major theme, the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute and the Seismological Society of America sponsored a five-day professional conference at Moscone Center April 18-22. The California Academy of Sciences held an exhibit entitled “Don’t Be Fooled, Be Prepared,” and the Neighborhood Emergency Response Team of San Francisco held a citywide drill.
College activities included a CEE-sponsored demonstration, “Bracing for the Next Earthquake,” at Cal Day on April 22. IEOR professor Ken Goldberg’s “Ballet Mori,” performed April 4 at the Opera House, featured ballerina Muriel Maffre improvising to music inspired by the Earth’s movements as transmitted in real time from UC Berkeley’s Strawberry Canyon seismograph on the Hayward Fault. Don’t miss Bancroft Library’s digital exhibit, five years in the making and live throughout the year, which showcases images, artifacts and audio clips from the quake, including a searchable gallery of images by neighborhood.
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