The epicenter was near Loma Prieta Peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains, 50 to 60 miles away from downtown San Francisco. Damage was heavy in Santa Cruz, but imagine if the area was more populated.

Photos from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that devastated the San Francisco bay region. ... 1989 San Francisco earthquake 25 years later (photos) Updated: Oct. 17, 2014, 2:00 p.m.

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.

On October 17, 1989, the Loma Prieta earthquake hits the San Francisco Bay Area. The 6.9 earthquake, centered in the Santa Cruz Mountains, took the lives of 63 Bay Area residents and injured more ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — For longtime San Francisco Bay Area residents who vividly remember October of 1989, the 5.1-magnitude earthquake centered under east San Jose in Oct. 2022 felt pretty ...

Loma Prieta after 35 years: How the 1989 earthquake reshaped San Francisco. ... San Francisco Public Library. 1 of 14. By Ted Andersen – Digital Editor, San Francisco Business Times.

The building withstood the great 1906 earthquake and fire that destroyed much of the city 110 years ago today. It was a gathering point for survivors back then, News ...

Nearly three decades ago, then-President George H.W. Bush was touring the San Francisco Bay Area and was "deeply moved" by what he saw.. A magnitude 6.9 earthquake on the evening of Oct. 17, 1989 ...

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 ...

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 ...