Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mangwanani-ngwanani aApril 18, 1906,
kudengenyeka kukuru kwenyika kwakaitika pedyo neguta reSan Francisco kwakarova nharaunda yacho. Kufungidzira kwokukurumidzira kwokufirwa nemibato yeyamuro yeU.S. Army kwakanga kuri 498 vakafa muSan Francisco, 64 vakafa muSanta Rosa, uye 102 muSan Jose kana kuti pedyo nayo, nokuda kwechiverengero chavanenge 700. Zvidzidzo zvichangobva kuitwa zvinofungidzira kuti vanhu vose vakafa vanopfuura 3 000, uye zvivako zvinopfuura 28 000 zvakaparadzwa. Basa rokuvakazve rakatanga pakarepo. Amadeo Peter Giannini, muridzi weBank of Italy (zvino inozivikanwa seBank of America), akanga akwanisa kutora mari kubva mumakavha ebhangi rake moto usati watanga muguta uye ndiye akanga ari bhangi bedzi raiva nemari yaikwanisa kutengeswa uye akanga achibetsera mukukweretesa mari yokuvakazve. Dare reCongress rakakurumidza kubvumidza zvirongwa zvedziva riri muHetch Hetchy Valley muYosemite National Park, chirongwa chavakanga varamba makore mashomanene apfuura, icho zvino chinogovera mvura yokunwa kuvanhu vane mamirioni 2,4 vari muBay Area. Pakazosvika 1915, guta racho rakanga ravakwazve zvakakwana uye rakazvizivisa kunyika yose panguva yePanama Pacific Exposition gore iroro, kunyange zvazvo migumisiro yekudengenyeka kwenyika yakakurumidza kurasikirwa kwenzvimbo yechinzvimbo chepamusoro muCalifornia kuLos Angeles metropolitan area.