[Dariusb]

Originally Posted by Pedestrian

Well, for my city the answer is pretty well-known and obvious: The 1906 earthquake and fire.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_S...sco_earthquake


https://www.history.com/news/why-it-...-build-smarter


https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/de...sco-earthquake


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_S...ramic_View.jpg


https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...ic-gamble.html

But, of course, this isn't the only one. We have had "foreshocks" in the 1800s and at least one important "aftershock" in 1989:


https://www.kqed.org/science/22398/2...e-are-we-safer








Above images: https://sf.curbed.com/2019/10/17/208...iversary-quake

Then the east Bay had to contend with those crazy fires in Oakland just 3 years after the Loma Prieta quake. Impressive how the region bounced back from 2 disasters so close together.