Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - San Jose iri pedyo nezvikanganiso zvinoverengeka zvinoshanda, kusanganisira Monte Vista Fault, Hayward Fault Zone, Calaveras Fault, Silver Creek Fault, uye San Andreas Fault. Zviitiko zvinokosha zvakaitika muna 1856, 1858, 1864, 1865, 1868, 1881, 1891, 1897, 1898, 1906
, 1957, 1989, uye 2007. Kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakaitika muna 1906 muSan Francisco, kwakanga kwakapoteredzwa nechimwe chinhu chiri pedyo nemhenderekedzo yegungwa reSan Francisco pedyo neGolden Gate Park, kwakaparadza zvivako zvakawanda muSan Jose. Guta racho rakanga richiri zvikurukuru kumaruwa uye vagari vemo vakanga vari vaduku zvikuru kupfuura San Francisco. Dzimba nemabhizimisi zvakanga zvisina kuvakirwa pedyo nepedyo sezvazvakanga zvakaita mupeninsula, uye izvi zvakapa mukana muduku wemoto mukuru. Chipatara cheAgnews Asylum chakavakwa nezvidhinha (chakazonzi Agnews State Hospital) chakaparadzwa, chichiuraya vanhu vanopfuura 100 sezvo madziro nechidziro zvakapunzika. Chivako cheSan Jose High School chine nhurikidzwa nhatu chakawirawo pasi, uye zvimwe zvivako zvakawanda zvakakanganisika zvikuru. Kwave kune kumwe kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakati kuti kwakanga kwakanzwika muSan Jose uko kwakakonzera kukuvadzwa kuduku kana kuti kusina. Kukuvadzwa kwakawanda kunokonzerwa nokudengenyeka nokukurumidza kunogadziriswa, asi mimwe migumisiro ichiri kuoneka muchimiro chetsoka dzakapwanyika nemigwagwa yakasimudzwa.