San Francisco earthquake of 1989, major earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay Area, California, U.S., on October 17, 1989, and caused 63 deaths, nearly 3,800 injuries, and an estimated $6 billion in property damage. It was the strongest earthquake to hit the area since the San F...
The San Francisco Bay Area was celebrating on October 17, 1989, as both home teams faced off against each other in Game 3 of theWorld Series, the Battle of the Bay. The mood lasted until 5:04 p.m. when theLoma Prieta earthquake, a magnitude 6.9, shook for 20 seconds and changed the...
On October 17, 1989, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the San Francisco Bay Area, killing 67 people and causing more than $5 billion in damages. Despite the fact that the disaster was one of the most powerful and destructive quakes ever to hit a populated area of the United States, the de...
That's just overan hour south of San Francisco, as you can see on the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake epicenter map above. Places all around the SF Bay Area sustained quite a bit of damage during this earthquake. DowntownSanta Cruz, less than 30 minutes from the epicenter, had significant dam...
Bay Bridge after the San Francisco–Oakland earthquake of 1989Aerial view of the collapsed section of the Bay Bridge following the San Francisco–Oakland earthquake of 1989.(more) Since the 1906 earthquake, seismologists and engineers have warned that it could happen again. Several relatively strong...
图片题注:Lake Merced, located in southwestern San Francisco参考译文:梅塞德湖位于旧金山西南部。图片作者:Dicklyon The nearby San Andreas and Hayward Faults are responsible for much earthquake activity, although neither physically passes through the city itself. The San Andreas Fault caused the earthquake...
SAN FRANCISCO —A massive earthquake struck the Bay Area on Tuesday, killing scores of people, most of them in the collapse of a double-decked freeway in Oakland. Death toll estimates ranged from 62 to more than 200. Hundreds more were injured, scores of buildings were shattered or in flam...
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Andreas that caused the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (magnitude 7.8), which killed more than 3,000 people and destroyed much of the city (Figure 4.3illustrates how this earthquake would have been measured). It was also the cause of the 1989 Loma Prieta, California, earthquake (magnitude 6.9)...
morning of April 18th 1906,the city of San Francisco was shaken by a terrible earthquake.A great part of the city was destroyed and a large number of buildings were burnt.The number of people who lost homes reached as many as 250,000.About 700 people died in the ear...