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1989 Loma Prieta earthquake: At least 63 people died and another 3,757 were injured. Major damage was caused in the San Francisco Bay Area, with many structures collapsing there. Also known as the World Series earthquake, it is the largest event to affect the area since 1906. 63 3,757 18 [156] Solomon Islands, Makira: 6.1 45.4 V – - - 18 [157]
Date Area Epicenter Mag. MMI Depth (km) Deaths Injuries Total damage / notes Source April 18, 2008: 7 km (4.3 mi) NNE of Bellmont, Wabash County: 5.2 M w: VII 14.3 2 Limited / strike-slip (left lateral)
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1983 Borah Peak earthquake Illinois: 5.3 November 9, 1968 1968 Illinois earthquake Indiana: 5.1 September 27, 1909 1909 Wabash River earthquake Iowa: 5.0–5.1 November 12, 1934 [45] Kansas: 5.1 April 24, 1867 1867 Manhattan, Kansas earthquake Kentucky: 7.6–7.9 December 16, 1811 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes Louisiana: 4.2 M L: October ...
On October 17, 1989, at 5:04 p.m. local time, the Loma Prieta earthquake occurred at the Central Coast of California. The shock was centered in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park in Santa Cruz County, approximately 10 mi (16 km) northeast of Santa Cruz on a section of the San Andreas Fault System and was named for the nearby Loma Prieta Peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Present-day country/territory and link to Wikipedia article Lat Long Depth Magnitude Secondary Effects PDE Shaking Deaths PDE Total Deaths Utsu Total Deaths EM-DAT Total Deaths Other Source Deaths 1900-05-11 17:23: Japan: 38.700: 141.100: 5: 7.0 M JMA: 1900-07-12 06:25: Turkey: 40.300: 43.100: 5.9 M uk: 140: 1900-10-29 09:11: Venezuela (see ...
The 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas takes place in 1992. In it, fictional San Fierro , the game's version of San Francisco, has a few quake-damaged areas courtesy of a major shaker occurring three years before the game begins, and another earthquake being the reason the player is locked from visiting San Fierro and Las Venturas in ...
1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin Wall in November, the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and the overthrow of the communist dictatorship ...