Firemen search for occupants in a heavily-damaged building in the Marina District of San Francisco, October 17, 1989. (Getty Images)
San Francisco after the earthquake of 1868
(Photo Credit: Bancroft Library, University of California)
Flour mill & warehouse, Hayward, Calif. after the 1868 earthquake
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Harper's Weekly, 1868
(Photo Credit: Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco)
Hayward, California after the 1868 quake
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Active traces of the Hayward Fault
Periodic movements in the Hayward Fault have jolted the region for decades. According to the USGS, scientists consider the fault to be a tectonic time bomb, one likely to generate earthquakes in the 7.0 range. (USGS)
Fire during 1906 San Francisco earthquake
(Photo Credit: California State Library, Stanley Mosk Library and Courts Building)
Deep cracks left by the 1906 quake
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Building left destroyed by 1906 earthquake
(Photo Credit: USGS)
Ruins left after the fire and earthquake of 1906
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San Andreas Fault
(Photo Credit: USGS)
West shore of Tomales Bay
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Cypress Street Viaduct of Interstate 880 in Oakland