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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 ...
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]
Multiple earthquakes shook California's Bay Area Thursday afternoon. The earthquakes occurred near Hayward, around 20 miles southeast of Oakland, with the strongest one hitting at 1:59 p.m. local ...
October 17 – The 6.9 M w Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Sixty-three people are killed and the 1989 World Series in baseball is postponed for ten days as a result of the earthquake. October 18
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake shook the Bay Area city of Hayward just before 2 p.m. Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor followed three earlier small earthquakes — a ...
The collapse of the Bay Bridge forced Oakland players to return home via San Jose. In the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, ABC aired a rerun of Roseanne (and later, The Wonder Years) before Ted Koppel began anchoring news coverage from Washington, with Michaels acting as a de facto reporter. The Goodyear Blimp (which was already aloft for ...
HAYWARD, Calif. — A small cluster of earthquakes rattled the San Francisco Bay Area late Thursday morning, adding another challenge to what is already a busy day battling nature in the region ...