San Francisco Earthquake

A hub of travel and trade, business and banking, San Francisco was a commercial and cultural hotspot at the down of the 20th century. Then, on April 18, 1906, came one of the most cataclysmic earthquake ever recorded.

1906 San Francisco Earthquake examines the devastating quake, which jolted the city for 50 seconds, split the earth for 270 miles, and resulted in a firestorm that raged for three days. Incredible photographs document the citys destruction and subsequent efforts to rebuild itself, while scientists an state-of-the-art graphics illuminate the lurking threat of future quakes of the same or even greater magnitude.

Offering comprehensive analyses of both the historic quake and present dangers, Mega Disasters chronicles one of the most destructive catastrophes in American history.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 4 April, 2009