In the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, as many as 2,500 displaced people found shelter in Idora Park; food and relief supplies were provided by the Realty Syndicate, purchased from Capwell's Department Store.\

The 1906 earthquake was the First Natural Disaster to be Photographed

After the quake, in Hayes Valley, a woman lit up her stove to prepare breakfast, unaware that the chimney above was badly damaged. This started the 24-hour long ‘Ham and Eggs’ fire, which destroyed parts of City Hall and Market Street.

The 1906 earthquake and fire destroyed 500 city blocks and left 250,000 citizens (over half the city's population) homeless.

The name of the fault that caused the earthquake is The San Andreas Fault is a huge fault line that spans (a fault is a crack in Earth's bedrock) more than 800 miles through California.