The Loma Prieta Earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay Area on Oct. 17, 1989, killing 63 people and injuring thousands. Here's a look back 33 years later.

It only took sixteen months for the Loma Prieta earthquake to happen. You well know by now that at 5:04:15 p.m. and for fifteen seconds afterward, the San Andreas snapped, releasing the energy of ...

On Oct. 17, at 10:17 a.m., millions of phones across California will buzz with an earthquake warning. It’s the annual test of the West Coast’s ShakeAlert system – one that comes 35 years to ...

Documentary: Loma Prieta Earthquake, 30 Years Later If you were in the Bay Area on that day in 1989, you knew where you were and what you were doing at 5:04 p.m. when the 6.9 quake rocked the region.

When the devastating Loma Prieta earthquake struck on Oct. 17, 1989, Lucas Valley resident Kelby Jones was at work in the former Fireman’s Fund building in Novato. “The windows shook back and ...

October 17, 2024, is the 35th anniversary of the devastating Loma Prieta earthquake that rocked California in 1989. The 6.9 ...

Stirm said the quake made him think of the Loma Prieta Earthquake. That quake, a 6.9 magnitude disaster that struck on Oct. 17, 1989, killed 63 people and caused $6 billion in damage.

Loma Prieta, Calif. : The 1989 Northern California earthquake was the largest earthquake to occur along the San Andreas Fault since the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

Loma Prieta after 35 years: How the 1989 earthquake reshaped San Francisco. Expand. The San Francisco Ferry Building before the Loma Prieta earthquake with the Embarcadero Freeway in the foreground.

The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake ended decades of tranquility in the San Francisco Bay region. ... The quake’s epicenter was located in the Santa Cruz mountains along the San Andreas fault.

That quake also occurred one day after the 34th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake that rocked the San Francisco Bay Area in 1989, killing 63 people and injuring nearly 3,800 others. The ...