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Interactive: When's the next Big One?
When and where will the next Bay Area quake strike? History may provide clues.

The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake: Then And Now

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Slide show: The Big One, then and now
View images of the destruction taken soon after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake - and then see the same locations today.

OTHER EARTHQUAKE FEATURES

San Franciscans mark quake moment

Special Report: Not ready for next one

After 1906, wedding bells and basinets

Special Webcast: '60 Seconds and a Fire'

NBC: How much would 1906 quake cost now?

NBC: Yes, they remember the 1906 quake

NBC: Quake spurred citizen photojournalism

NBC: Predicting quakes? Seconds count

NBC: Out of the rubble — Coldwell Banker

NBC: Her mission is to count 1906 victims

Can't forecast Big One? Bring on the pets!

Three days adrift: A survivor’s story

What else happened in 1906? Take our quiz

Are we in shape for the next quake? Vote!

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Looking back
San Franciscans mark the 100th anniversary.

Video: 1906 Earthquake

Today show

1906 San Francisco quake remembered
April 18: The estimated 7.8 magnitude San Francisco earthquake struck without the faintest whisper of a warning 100 years ago today. NBC's George Lewis reports.

Quake study calculates 'big one' impact

1906 relived in special 'quake cottage'

'06 quake survivors tell their stories

Special Webcast: '60 Seconds and a Fire'

1906 Quake refugee camps

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Interactive: When's the next Big One?
When and where will the next Bay Area quake strike? History may provide clues.

INTERACTIVE

Quiz: What else was happening in 1906?

It was a big story, but the San Francisco disaster was not the only major event of 1906 (in fact, it wasn't even the biggest or most deadly earthquake). Think you have a good handle on history? Challenge yourself with our month-by-month, tougher-than-usual quiz.

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