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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.
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Damage from 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, Emeryville, California. image credit: sanbeiji / Joe Lewis
“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
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 ...
Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake October 17, 1989. Collapsed section of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge . image credit: United States Geological Survey
The defect that can cause single-family houses to collapse has received little attention until now. Some California homeowners will soon be able to apply for grants to help pay for the retrofit.
Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake October 17, 1989. Oakland. Reinforcement bars lie at the base of the Cypress viaduct of Interstate 880 near 14th Street"