Yes. The most infamous ones occurred there in 1906 and 1989.
Eureka, L.A., San Jose and San Francisco have many earthquakes.
Old San Francisco happened in 1906.
san francisco in California
Earthquakes
it would be san francisco because it is directley on the eoicenter
Battle of San Francisco happened on 1879-11-19.
San Francisco has suffered two notable earthquakes. One in 1906 and the other (the Loma Prieta earthquake) in 1989.
Because it is built near to a fault line.
San Francisco lies on san andreas fault. *
It led to geological studies that have proven that the Andreas fault line is certain to cause periodic earthquakes such as the one in San Francisco in 1989. What it did was cause architects and engineers to build buildings that can withstand certain levels of earthquakes. Earth movements in California are common. No major earthquakes have happened in the last few decades. However, as in 1906, the earth has demonstrated that havoc can happen at any time in the future.
Because it did!
Rarely, but it does happen.