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Bookmark or Share- San Francisco Earthquake of 1989 - HISTORYThe disaster is known as both as the San Francisco-Oakland earthquake and the Loma Prieta earthquake because it was centered near Loma Prieta Peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains. On October...
- M6.9 October 17, 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake Completed - USGS.govM6.9 October 17, 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake. On October 17, 1989, at 5:04:15 p.m. (PDT), a magnitude 6.9 earthquake severely shook the San Francisco and Monterey Bay regions. The epicenter was located near Loma Prieta peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains, approximately 14 km (9 mi) northeast of Santa Cruz and 96 km (60 mi) south-southeast of San ...
- San Francisco earthquake of 1989 - BritannicaMap of the 1989 San Francisco–Oakland earthquake (also known as the Loma Prieta earthquake). The quake struck with a moment magnitude of 6.9 on October 17, just before the start of the third game of the World Series, which was being held at San Francisco's Candlestick Park.
- Q&A: 30 years after the Loma Prieta earthquake - Stanford EarthOn Oct. 17, 1989, destruction from the Loma Prieta earthquake killed 67 people and injured 3,757. The magnitude 6.9 quake went down in the history of California’s central coast as the most damaging seismic event since 1906. It sent seismic waves from its origin in the Santa Cruz Mountains to San Francisco, the East Bay and beyond.
- The 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake - California Department of ConservationFacts About the Loma Prieta Earthquake When. 5:04 p.m., Tuesday, October 17, 1989. The shaking lasted 20 seconds. Where. The epicenter was on the San Andreas fault roughly 56 miles south of San Francisco and 10 miles northeast of Santa Cruz, near Mt. Loma Prieta in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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