Stanford 1906 Earthquake Archives

“We’re up against it.” Images of the 1906 quake — the Peninsula’s most famous forgotten catastrophe

Front of Stanford Quad — Louis Agassiz statue fallen in front of Zoology Building; 1906. (Image via the Stanford Historical Photograph Collection) “We’re up against it.” Images of the 1906 earthquake — the Peninsula’s most famous forgotten catastrophe On the anniversary of the Bay Area’s worst disaster, take a visual tour as a reminder of what we’ve overcome in the past. It is widely remembered as “the San Francisco Earthquake.” And rightfully so, since the 7.9 magnitude quake ...