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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.
United States, California: 6.9 17.2 IX 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]
The earliest known earthquake in the U.S. state of California was documented in 1769 by the Spanish explorers and Catholic missionaries of the Portolá expedition as they traveled northward from San Diego along the Santa Ana River near the present site of Los Angeles. Ship captains and other explorers also documented earthquakes.
By RYAN GORMAN A massive earthquake that struck the Bay Area on October 17, 1989 forever changed the region, and potentially altered the course of baseball history. The 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta ...
“It’s like somebody had stuff in a box and shook the box around,” one Hollister resident said in 1989. Loma Prieta earthquake shook Central Coast 33 years ago. See pictures of destruction
October 17, 1989: California: 6.9 M w 63: 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake: September 4, 1989: Alaska 7.1 M w 0 [19] May 30, 1991: Alaska 7.0 M w 0 [20] June 28, 1991: California: 5.6 M w 2: 1991 Sierra Madre earthquake: August 17, 1991: Oregon 7.0 M h: 0 [21] April 23, 1992: California 6.3 M s 0 1992 Joshua Tree earthquake [1] April 25 –26, 1992 ...
In Northern California, the magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 was centered in the Santa Cruz Mountains, yet still caused collapses in San Francisco and Oakland, about 60 miles from the ...
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