Earthquake Collection (page 3)

City Hall - Photographer in foreground - Tall brick chimneys left standing, . Creator: Unknown
City Hall - Photographer in foreground - Tall brick chimneys left standing, 1906. A major earthquake struck San Francisco, California, USA, on 18 April 1906

Looking south, corner Sutter and Stockton, 1906. Creator: Unknown
Looking south, corner Sutter and Stockton, 1906. A major earthquake struck San Francisco, California, USA, on 18 April 1906

Refugees camp, former dwelling in ruins in background. This is earthquake work, 1906. A major earthquake struck San Francisco, California, USA, on 18 April 1906

Bank safes being guarded, 1906. Creator: Unknown
Bank safes being guarded, 1906. A major earthquake struck San Francisco, California, USA, on 18 April 1906. As well as damaging many buildings, the quake ruptured gas lines

Looking west from the Jewish Synagogue, 1906. Creator: Unknown
Looking west from the Jewish Synagogue, 1906. A major earthquake struck San Francisco, California, USA, on 18 April 1906. As well as damaging many buildings, the quake ruptured gas lines

Looking up Grant Ave. from Market St. 1906. Creator: Unknown
Looking up Grant Ave. from Market St. 1906. Photographer with camera on tripod in foreground. A major earthquake struck San Francisco, California, USA, on 18 April 1906

Looking northeast from corner Ellis and Powell Sts, 1906. Creator: Unknown
Looking northeast from corner Ellis and Powell Sts, 1906. A major earthquake struck San Francisco, California, USA, on 18 April 1906

After the earthquake, Gifu, Japan, 1895. Creator: Unknown
After the earthquake, Gifu, Japan, 1895. Destruction caused by the Mino-Owari earthquake of 1891. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs

The Basel earthquake of 18 October 1356. Private Collection

Tokyos Smouldering Plain of Wreckage and Ashes, c1935
Shattered by the Convulsion of the Earth and Consumed with Fire: Tokyos Smouldering Plain of Wreckage and Ashes, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume II, edited by J.A. Hammerton

The San Francisco Earthquake, California, USA, 1906. A major earthquake struck San Francisco on 18th April 1906. As well as damaging many buildings, the quake ruptured gas lines

Earthquake ruined bell-tower, Monastery of Agrilion, Kefalonia, Greece. The monastery was founded in the 18th century on the site where, in 1722, two shepherds discovered the icon of Agios Theotokos

The last Day of Pompeii, 1833. Artist: Briullov, Karl Pavlovich (1799-1852)
The last Day of Pompeii, 1833. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Saving the Asakusa Temple from Fire (After the Great Earthquake), 1926. Artist: Fukunaga Seihan
Saving the Asakusa Temple from Fire (After the Great Earthquake), 1926. From The Studio Volume 91. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1926]

After the Earthquake, 1907 (1912). Artist: Charles Robinson
After the Earthquake, 1907 (1912). The Kingston earthquake of January 14th, 1907, was of a magnitude of 6.5. It was considered by many commentators of the time one of the worlds deadliest

Yokohama Earthquake, 1923. Yokohama, City of Yokohama, Japan. Yokohama was destroyed on September 1st 1923 by the Great Kanto earthquake

The Opening of the Fifth and Sixth Seals, 1498 (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Opening of the Fifth and Sixth Seals, 1498 (1906). Scene from the Apocalypse. From Durer Des Meisters Gemalde Kupferstiche und Holzschnitte in 471 Abbildungen [Stuttgart und Leipzig

Aftermath of the great earthquake, San Francisco, California, USA, 1906. Artist: HC White
Aftermath of the great earthquake, San Francisco, California, USA, 1906. Damage to the spire of the Steiner Street Catholic Church and settled houses

Earthquake damage in the Piazza Cavallotti, Messina, Sicily, Italy, December 1908. Messina was almost totally destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami on 28th December 1908

Earthquake damage and a burnt car, King Street, Kingston, Jamaica, 1907. From the Valentines series of postcards

Earthquake damage, King Street and Harbour Street, Kingston, Jamaica, 1907. From the Valentines series of postcards

Earthquake damage, Duke Street, Kingston, Jamaica, 1907. From the Valentines series of postcards

Chios, Greece, 1895. As seen after the earthquake of 1881. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XVII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co

A street in Yokohama, Japan, 1900s. Once only a fishing village, Yokahama is today the chief port of Japan. It was almost obliterated in the great earthquake of September, 1923

The Military Prophet... April 1750
The Military Prophet: or, A Flight from Providence. Adressed to the foolish and guilty who timidly withdrew themselves on the alarm of another earthquake, April 1750

Chaos is Come Again... 1791
Chaos is Come Again: Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, to soften bricks and bend the knotted oak, 1791. A quote from The Mourning Bride by William Congreve

Eruption of Shirane-san and earthquake at Edo (Tokyo), Japan, 1650. After an engraving published in Amsterdam, 1669

Ferdinand Fouque, French geologist and petrologist, 1904. Fouque (1828-1904) worked on the Geological Survey of France. He made a particular study of volcanoes and earthquakes

Curetes Street, leading to the State Agora, Ephesus, Turkey, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Curetes Street, leading to the State Agora, Ephesus, Turkey, 20th century. The Curetes was one of the most important streets of ancient Ephesus, an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia

The ruins of temple E at Selinunte
The ruins of doric temple E at Selinunte, and the ruins of another temple, probably destroyed by an earthquake

Earthquake in Thebes, 1893. Artist: Henri Meyer
Earthquake in Thebes, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 17th June 1893

Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by earthquake, 1493. Fifteenth century depiction of a biblical event thought to have occurred c1900 BC

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