Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - San Jose yana kusa da raunin da ke aiki, ciki har da Monte Vista Fault, Hayward Fault Zone, Calaveras Fault, Silver Creek Fault, da San Andreas Fault. Muhimman abubuwan da suka faru sun faru a shekara ta 1856, 1858, 1864, 1865, 1868, 1881, 1891, 1897, 1898, 1906
, 1957, 1989, da kuma 2007. Girgizar kasa ta 1906 San Francisco, tare da cibiyarta kaɗan daga gabar tekun San Francisco kusa da Golden Gate Park, ta lalata gine-gine da yawa a San Jose. Birnin har yanzu yana da ƙauyuka kuma yawan jama'a sun fi San Francisco yawa. Ba a gina gidaje da kasuwanni kusa da juna kamar yadda suke a cikin tsibirin ba, kuma wannan ya ba da damar ƙarancin manyan gobara. An lalata Gidan Gida na Agnews (daga baya Asibitin Jihar Agnews), wanda ya kashe mutane sama da 100 yayin da ganuwar da rufin suka rushe. Tsarin dutse da tubali mai hawa uku na makarantar sakandaren San Jose mai shekaru 8 shima ya rushe, kuma wasu gine-gine da yawa sun lalace sosai. Akwai wasu girgizar ƙasa da yawa waɗanda aka ji a San Jose waɗanda suka haifar da ƙananan lalacewa ko babu. Yawancin ɓarnar da girgizar ƙasa ta yi da sauri, amma har ila ana iya ganin wasu sakamakon ta hanyar fashewar hanya da kuma ɗagawa.