Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: On 18 April 1906
kudengenyeka kukuru kwenyika kwakarova San Francisco, uye moto wakavapo wakaparadza 80% yeguta racho, wakauraya zviuru zvevanhu, uye wakasiya hafu yevagari vasina pokugara. Vanyengedzwa nemashoko okunyepedzera omunzvimbomo pamusoro pokuva kunobvira kwedengenyeka, vagari vashomanene veSan Francisco vakanga vatenga inishuwarenzi yedengenyeka, asi vakanga vatenga inishuwarenzi yomwoto. Pashure pemoto wakaparadza pashure pokudengenyeka kwenyika, makambani akawanda einishuwarenzi akarwa kuti abhadhare vanochengeta mapurisa avo, kazhinji kazhinji kupfurikidza nokukakavadzana pamusoro pechinokonzera (sezvo inishuwarenzi yakanga isiri nokuda kwedengenyeka kwenyika), kana kuti kubhadhara 75% bedzi yemari dzaifanira kubhadharwa. Ikoku kwakatungamirira kumhan'aro zhinji dzomumatare edzimhosva dzinobva kuvachengetesi. Inenge inishuwarenzi 14 dzakabhuroka, uye dzimwe inishuwarenzi - zvikurukuru dzeGermany neAustria - dzakangonyangarika ndokuramba kufukidzwa kwose.