Browse images of earthquakes

Lotta's Fountain in San Francisco, California. 2012.

Lotta's Fountain in San Francisco, California. 2012.

Lotta's Fountain in San Francisco, California. 2012.

Lotta's Fountain in San Francisco, California. 2012.

Aerial view of a portion of the San Andreas Fault in California's Sierra Madre Mountains, midway between Bakersfield and Santa Barbara. 2013.

Aerial view of a portion of the San Andreas fault in California's Sierra Madre Mountains, midway between Bakersfield and Santa Barbara. 2013.

Aerial view of a portion of the San Andreas fault in California's Sierra Madre Mountains, midway between Bakersfield and Santa Barbara. 2013.

Aerial view of a portion of the San Andreas fault in California's Sierra Madre Mountains, midway between Bakersfield and Santa Barbara. 2013.

Aerial view of a portion of the San Andreas fault in California's Sierra Madre Mountains, midway between Bakersfield and Santa Barbara. 2013.

Aerial view of a portion of the San Andreas fault in California's Sierra Madre Mountains, midway between Bakersfield and Santa Barbara. 2013.

Joseph Henry's Letter to Ephraim George Squier (April 24, 1849). April 24, 1849

Joseph Henry's Letter to Barton Stone Alexander (February 27, 1869). February 27, 1869

Chalk Drawing of an Earthquake contained in Henry D. Rogers' Letter to Joseph Henry (June 15, 1843). June 15, 1843

Lewis H. Steiner's Letter to Edward Foreman (June 3, 1852). June 3, 1852

Market Street toward ferry, San Francisco, Calif.. [1906?]

[Sutter St. up from Grant Ave.]. [1906]

Looking up Post St. from Kearney St., San Francisco, Cal.. [1906]

Ruins after San Francisco earthquake, 1906. [1906]

[Two men cleaning street, horse-drawn wagon and damaged buildings in the background, after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake]. [1906]

[Spectators sitting on hillside watching fires consume the city after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake]. [1906]

[People cooking on the street after the earthquake and fire of 1906, San Francisco, California]. [1906]

[u'[Views of Chile and Peru], [approximately 1868]']. [approximately 1868]

Tower of City Hall, [1906 earthquake, San Francisco, Calif.]. [between 1906 and 1920]

Ruins of City Hall, [1906 earthquake, San Francisco, Calif.]. [between 1906 and 1920]

Cor[ner] Bush & Market St. [Mechanic's Fountain]. [c1906]

Ruins from Nob Hill. [c1906]

Giving clothing, Fort Point. [c1906]

Aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. between 1906 and 1942; from a photograph taken 1906 Apr.

Aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. between 1906 and 1942; from a photograph taken 1906 Apr.

San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. between 1906 and 1942; from a photograph taken 1906 Apr.

Steps that lead to nowhere (after the fire). between 1906 and 1942; from a photograph taken 1906 Apr.

San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. between 1906 and 1942; from a photograph taken 1906 Apr.

San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. between 1906 and 1942; from a photograph taken 1906 Apr.

[San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906]. between 1906 and 1942; from a photograph taken 1906 Apr.

San Francisco, April 18, 1906. between 1906 and 1942; from a photograph taken 1906 Apr. 18.

California Street, from the top of the hill, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906 Aug. 11.

A crude post office - reorganizing the mail service after the earthquake, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906 August 1.

Fun making by the earthquake refugees - a temporary home, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906 August 1.

Home life among the refugees - a street of tents in the Presidio, San Francisco Disaster. c1906 July 18.

On duty "amid the encircling gloom" of a city's certain destruction. Magnificent fire scene near Union Ferry Bldg. San Francisco, U.S.A.. c1906 July 21.

Ruins from Nob Hill. c1906 May 2.

Camping in Jefferson Square. c1906 May 2.

Dynamiting dangerous walls on Market St., after the fire, San Francisco Disaster, U.S.A.. c1906 May 24.

[Block of burned buildings in San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake with fire truck spraying water on them]. c1906, June 8.

[Man looking upward, San Francisco, after the earthquake and fire, 1906]. c1906.

Ruins of Stanford Mansion and Hopkins Art Institute, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

[Ruins of earthquake-damaged San Francisco City Hall]. c1906.

Burning of the call. c1906.

View from Stock Exchange building while the fire was young. c1906.

[Bird's-eye view of smoldering downtown section during the San Francisco earthquake and fire]. c1906.

[Panoramic view of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire, showing ruins of buildings and smoke]. c1906.

Ferry Building, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Looking up Market St. from near ferry, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Panorama from St. Francis Hotel. c1906.

Panorama view of ruins of San Francisco from St. Francis Hotel. c1906.

Panorama from Nob Hill. c1906.

Unburned district of San Fransisco [sic] looking northeast from Lawrence Captive Airship, 2200 ft. elevation. c1906.

Photograph of San Francisco in ruins from Lawrence Captive Airship, 2000 feet above San Francisco Bay overlooking water front. Sunset over Golden [Gat]e. c1906.

Inverted statue of L. Agassiz. c1906.

The Fire on Market Street. c1906.

[People sitting in street in front of ruins from earthquake, San Francisco, California]. c1906.

Life in San Francisco after the great disaster--cooking in the streets, Cal.. c1906.

From Kohl Bldg. south to the once great business centre of destroyed San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

A band of little homeless refugees--happy in spite of the terrible calamity--San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Removing debris at Third, Kearney and Market Sts., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

New business house on site of Phelan Building, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

[View of building after earthquake and fire, San Francisco, California]. c1906.

[Crowd on Grant Ave., San Francisco, California, watching building burn(?) during the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906]. c1906.

[Palace Hotel on fire, San Francisco, California, during earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906]. c1906.

General view of burned area, (Market St. on left) from Ferry Tower, San Francisco disaster, U.S.A.. c1906.

[Two women amidst bricks and rubble after San Francisco earthquake and fire, 1906]. c1906.

[Temporary structures in street, San Francisco, California, after the earthquake and fire, 1906]. c1906.

Hall of Justice, Portsmouth Square, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Edge of Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Union Square and St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Van Ness Ave., limit of fire, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Cooking in the street, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

First Unitarian Church, damaged by earthquake, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Foot of Market Street, showing earthquake upheaval, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Panorama from roof of Ferry P.O., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Up Market St. from Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Palace Hotel, new Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Up Sutter St. from Grant Ave., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Down Market St., Phelan Bldg. in foreground, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Market St., east from 5th, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

The "Call" Building from Grant Ave., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Clearing away the debris, California St., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

U.S. Mint after the earthquake, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Pine St. below Kearney St., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Ruins of Pettibone Bros., New Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Turk St., from the corner of Market and Mason Sts., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Looking up California St. from Sansoney [i.e. Sansome] St., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Fairmount Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Ruins of Stanford Mansion and Hopkins Art Institute, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Edge of burned district, corn. of Franklin and Sacremento [i.e. Sacramento] Sts., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Ruins of Flood Mansion, Nob Hill, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Post and Montgomery sts., corner of Market, San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Russian and Telegraph hills from roof of Ferry P.O., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.

Nob Hill from roof of Ferry P.O., San Francisco, Cal.. c1906.