Articles related to "San Francisco Earthquake"

An earthquake struck San Francisco, California on April 18, 1906. This major quake struck at 5:12 A.M. with a magnitude up to 8.3, lasting nearly one minute.

A television broadcast of the World Series at Candlestick Park in San Francisco quickly became a live news report of an earthquake.

A severe rupture occurred along the San Andreas Fault near San Francisco and tremors were felt in Oregon, southern California and central Nevada.

Yesterday's earthquake in Shaky Town, California receive much attention and while small on the Richter scale, did Hollywood and the media make it exceedingly newsworthy?

Joaquin Murrietta continues his outrageous outlaw life until Captain Harry Love, a noted Los Angles gunfighter, steps in to rectify the situation and heads rolled.

On December 16, 1811 the New Madrid Seismic Zone experienced two earthquakes with approximate magnitudes of 8.0. Two more tremors followed in January and February.

One of the largest super volcanoes in the world lies beneath Yellowstone National Park and nobody knows when it will erupt.

There are approximately 200 to 300 active volcanoes in South America and many of them are in the Andes Mountains.

Anchorage Alaska suffered the worst damage and it generated a tsunami reaching Hawaii and the Pacific Coast of North America.

Poorly constructed buildings, without reinforcement, toppled from Los Angeles to Laguna Beach, resulting in legislation to make structures more earthquake-resistant.

After the success of the 2008 earthquake drill with 5.5 million participants, the California ShakeOut is now an annual event held on the third Thursday of October.

But for a Fafhrd & Grey Mouser story, this F&SF masterpiece by SFWA's Grand Master of urban horror was his last ; Jack London, Ambrose Bierce and others in San Francisco

The 20th anniversary of this catastrophic event is being celebrated by Santa Cruz winemakers who vividly recall the event.

Do you need a topic for an American history essay? Here's some of the highlights of the last 250 years or so to get you started!

The residents of Carmel don't give a woof about how the rest of the world operates. The town that once elected Clint Eastwood as mayor lives by its own laws.

It was in the Silicon Valley 100 years ago which the inventor, Charles "Doc" Herrold, started his regularly scheduled live radio broadcasts to listeners.

'Irrational exuberance' always leads to bubbles and stock market crashes. This article is about some of the early ones, including Tulip Mania and the South Sea Bubble.

Fictional accounts of earthquakes can be found in many settings, including the future. The following novels explore scientific, spiritual and human aspects of quakes

Find out what impact early aerial photography had on current aerial mapping technologies

Although the epicentre of the earthquake was in the Pacific Ocean, severe structural damage was done to all cities and towns in Central Mexico.

The epicenter of the Loma Prieta earthquake was in the Santa Cruz Mountains in the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park, about 16 kilometers northeast of Santa Cruz, Calif.

Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrower's Association staff compiled stories from recollections of some of the winemakers affected on that fateful 1989 October day.

The story of the failing of the St. Francis Dam, and some history behind it's building and reason for creating a reservoir - the scarceness of LA water supplies.

A series of earthquakes toppled buildings in central Italy, resulting in a death toll of 297 people in addition to leaving thousands of residents homeless.

Are modern California Zinfandels wrestling with style issues?

Pixar is combating "brand fatigue" by making live-action movies based on 1906 earthquake and John Carter of Mars. And why this is history repeating itself. Part #2.

The 1811 earthquake near New Madrid in the Territory of Missouri ripped open fissures in the earth and tilted the Mississippi River environs so that it flowed backwards.