See the catastrophic aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906
San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Washington, D.C.
-
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Learn more about the consequences of the Korean War.
-
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.The storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, was a pivotal moment in the French Revolution.
-
Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1972-025-10 (CC BY-SA 3.0)Learn about the July Plot of 1944, in which Claus, Count Schenk von Stauffenberg, and others tried to assassinate Hitler and overthrow the Nazi regime.
-
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Seismic waves travel in different patterns and at different speeds through the Earth. The most damaging are the surface types—the Love waves and the Rayleigh waves.
-
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.We're picking up earthquake vibrations.
-
© Mattia Bicchi Photography, www.mattiabicchiphotography.com (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Time-lapse video of San Francisco.
-
© MinuteEarth (A Britannica Publishing Partner)During a liquefaction event, such as that which could be produced by an earthquake, soil particles, in combination with the water located in the pore spaces between them, tend to behave like quicksand.
