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  2. 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake - Wikipedia

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    On October 17, 1989, at 5:04 p.m. local time, the Loma Prieta earthquake occurred at the Central Coast of California. The shock was centered in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park in Santa Cruz County, approximately 10 mi (16 km) northeast of Santa Cruz on a section of the San Andreas Fault System and was named for the nearby Loma Prieta Peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

  3. The myth of earthquake weather - AOL

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    There's the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake during the World Series in the Bay Area and the Northridge quake of 1994 outside of Los Angeles. ... California, and were felt throughout the Southwest ...

  4. The 1989 earthquake that rocked San Francisco, Oakland ... - AOL

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    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 ...

  5. Despite active quake year, some California suburbs refuse to ...

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    During the magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989, the ground floors of several apartment buildings in San Francisco's Marina District crumbled. Read more: Find out if your home or office ...

  6. Loma Prieta - Wikipedia

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    Loma Prieta (from Spanish loma-hill, prieta-dark) is the highest peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Northern California, measuring 3,790 feet (1,160 m) in height. [ 3 ] Although the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake was named for this mountain, the actual epicenter was five miles southwest of the peak, across the San Andreas Fault , in The Forest of ...

  7. 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Loma Prieta Earthquake, 30 Years Later – aired on NBC owned-and-operated television station KNTV in San Francisco Bay Area for its 30th anniversary in 2019. [17] The Day the Series Stopped – 2014 documentary film from ESPN's 30 for 30 series that focuses on the disruption of the 1989 World Series by the earthquake. [18]

  8. California State Route 85 - Wikipedia

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    During the Loma Prieta Earthquake in 1989, these segments, along with the other segments under construction, were spared major damage despite being approximately 10 miles north of the epicenter. SR 85 opened between Santa Teresa Boulevard (at the future 85/87 interchange) and Cottle Road in 1991 with only 2 lanes in each direction, along with ...

  9. Loma Prieta earthquake shook Central Coast 33 years ago ... - AOL

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