The San Francisco Calamity

At 5:12 am on Wednesday, April 18, 1906 a massive earthquake hit the city of San Francisco, causing the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in the history of the state of California. This is a contemporary account of the earthquake, which also compares the devastation to other earthquakes and volcanic eruptions throughout history.

Keywords: history, san francisco, 1906, earthquake, natural disasters, volcano, volcanos, volcanoes, california