On April 18, 1906, at 5:13am, San Francisco was hit by an earthquake. Twenty aftershocks continued to shake the city throughout the day. Chinatown was severely hit by the tremors. Buildings collapsed and a fire spread across the area, leaving Chinatown—and the heart of San Francisco—in ruins. Several newspaper plants and buildings were destroyed in the fire, including "Chung Sai Yat Po"’s. San Francisco's newspapers were temporarily moved to Oakland, where "Chung Sai Yat Po" published its first post-earthquake, hand-copied issue on April 26. It stayed and operated in Oakland until 1907.