This week in history

April 18, 1906, an earthquake struck near San Francisco, the then largest city on the West Coast. The earthquake occurred offshore at an outcropping called Mussel Rock just after 5:00a.m. Tremors were felt from Oregon to Los Angeles. The land on the eastern side of San Andreas Fault, the city and bay, moved southward. The land on the west side of fault, was pushed northward. The displacement was m...