It's early in the morning on a Tuesday when you're awakened by the shaking of your bed, of your entire home. You think for a moment it's the end of the world. You and your family make it out of your home, even though so many others do not. For a moment, you think you are safe. Then, you smell smoke.

Videos:

A Trip Down Market Street, San Francisco - April 14th, 1906

Disaster by the Bay: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906

The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Documentary

Footage of San Francisco's 1906 quake as it occurred

San Francisco after the devastating earthquake in 1906 like you've never seen before in color! [HD]

Articles and books:

The San Francisco Earthquake: A Minute-by-Minute Account of the 1906 Disaster, by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts

The Museum of the City of San Francisco: Timeline of the San Francisco Earthquake, April 18 - 23, 1906, along with a timeline of the graft investigation