The Loma Prieta earthquake, measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale, hit the San Francisco Bay Area on Oct. 17, 1989, at 5:04 p.m. local time during Game 3 of the World Series between the Oakland Athlet… ...

The game was scheduled to commence at Candlestick Park in San Francisco at 5:35 p.m. PDT. However, at around 5:04 p.m. EDT, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck around 10 miles northeast of Santa ...

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 ...

The Loma Prieta Earthquake, named after the Loma Prieta peak near the epicenter in the Santa Cruz Mountains, hit on the San Andreas fault on October 17, 1989 at 5:04 p.m. PT with a magnitude of 6.9.

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Exactly 35 years have passed since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, a catastrophic disaster that killed 63 Bay Area residents and caused over $10 billion in damage to t… ...

I wasn’t paying attention last week when the 25th anniversary of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake came and went. My wife, Janet, reminded me of the significance of the date, as I was otherwi… ...

On 17 October 1989, San Francisco was rocked by a powerful earthquake at just after 5pm local time. It lasted just 15 seconds, but left 63 people dead - most of them killed when a two-tier freeway ...