1906 Earthquake

This year marks the centennial of the Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. It is almost 100 years ago that one of the most significant earthquakes of all times struck the San Francisco Bay Area. It was estimated at 8.25 on the Richer scale. It all happened at 5:12 in the morning of April 18, 1906. It lasted only one minute, the quake was felled from Oregon in the north to Los Angeles in the south. However most of the city of San Francisco was destroyed by the fire which engulfed the city afterwards, mainly from gas leaks. Stanford University which opened in 1891 was so badly damaged that it closed until the fall of 1906. During our 2006 Silicon Valley Tour we will have the opportunity to visit the Centennial Exhibition at the Stanford Archives.