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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.
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 ...
Gavin Newsom and other officials announced the system Thursday, the 30th anniversary of the of the deadly Loma Prieta earthquake.(Oct 17) California launches earthquake early warning app [Video ...
This year's drill happens to fall on the 35th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake. The 1989 temblor was a magnitude 6.9 and centered in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It rocked Northern ...
1906: Despite the devastating destruction of San Francisco by an earthquake on April 18, the U.S. Courthouse and Post Office survives; 1910: Repairs of earthquake damage to the U.S. Courthouse and Post Office are completed; 1933–1934: A four-story wing, designed by San Francisco architect George Kelham, is constructed on the east side of building
The San Francisco-based punk music group Loma Prieta derived their name from the 1989 earthquake. Medium (2005), TV show on NBC in which a character uses her coincidental presence in Oakland during the earthquake as an opportunity to fake her own death and disappear. Occurs in the episode "Sweet Dreams".
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