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On April 18, 1906, a massive earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.7 hit the city of San Francisco and much of California's northern coast. The earthquake and subsequent fires are thought to have killed 3,000 people, the biggest natural disaster in California's history. Ruins in vicinity of Post and Grant Avenue are seen in this 1906 photograph. US National Archives
In this photograph, taken during the quake's aftermath, San Francisco's Mission district burns. Over 80% of the city was destroyed, and the losses may have been the reason Los Angeles became the largest and most important city in the West, rather than San Francisco, a city once considered the 'gateway to the Pacific.' H.D. Chadwick/US War Department
This photo, provided by the Museum of Modern Art, shows San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fire that devastated the city. The photo was part of an exhibition marking the centennial of the 1906 earthquake. Museum of Modern Art/AP
San Francisco lies in ruins on May 28, 1906, about six weeks after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. This photo was taken from a camera suspended on a kite, perhaps 1,000 feet above the city. The tower of the Ferry Building can be seen at the bay end of Market Street. The water in the foreground is San Francisco Bay, with the Golden Gate to the right, rear. Note the absence of the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, both of which had yet to be constructed. George R. Lawrence
This painting depicts raging fires in San Francisco and soldiers, dressed in olive drab service dress, unloading one of many civilian wagons pressed into service with their drivers. Signed H. Charles McBarron
Soldiers loot shoes during 1906 San Francisco fire, after the earthquake on Market St. between Seventh and Eighth.
The earthquake also affected the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto. The image of the fallen statue of zoologist Louis Agassiz outside the Zoology building has since become one of the iconic images of the earthquake.
Photographer Arnold Genthe recalled the scene in his book, 'As I Remember.' This photo of his shows 'the results of the earth quake, the beginning of the fire and the attitude of the people.' It was taken the morning of the first day of the fire.
This photograph looks down on Market St. from a nearby tower during the aftermath of the earthquake.
This photo was taken at one of the eleven temporary housing camps in 1906, set up in the aftermath of the earthquake. The Army set up temporary housing for 20,000 displaced residents.
A man looks at the remains of City Hall, damaged in the great earthquake in San Francisco, Calif.
This illustration from a 1906 edition of Paris's Petit Journal depicts the disaster in San Francisco.
Cracked streets are seen in the city after the earthquake.
This photo, provided by the Museum of Modern Art, shows San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and the fire that devastated the city.
Horse-drawn vehicles make their way up Market Street in this file photo made following the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco.
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A magnitude-3.3 earthquake shook Beverly Hills early Monday morning. So far, there haven't been any reports of damage, injuries or loss of life.
The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting an earthquake early Monday in the greater Los Angeles area.
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