San Francisco

Located on a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. To its south are the suburbs of San Mateo county, to the east and northeast is the bay, and to the west and northwest, the Pacific Ocean. San Francisco Bay is one of the most beautiful harbor of the world.

In 1776, the Spanish settled and named the mission after Francis of Assisi. The Gold Rush in 1848 has a significant growth impact on the city. The city was nearly destroyed by the 1906 earthquake and fire. The earth quake was later estimated to have a moment magnitude of from 7.7 to 8.25. The ground shifted as much as 21 feet along more than 270 miles of the San Andreas fault. Buildings partially or completely collapsed, gas and water mains broke and hundreds of people were killed and left as much as three quarters of the population homeless.
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