The 36th Anniversary of the deadly Loma Prieta earthquake prompted public awareness messages about earthquake preparedness. It also came as the U.S. Government shutdown has led to furloughs of ...
October 17, 1989: a 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook the Bay Area, bringing down the upper deck of the Nimitz Freeway and killing 42 people. Stephen A. Smith walks out during TV segment about government ...
Oct. 30—When the Loma Prieta earthquake sparked a massive fire in San Francisco's Marina District on the afternoon of of Oct. 17, 1989, live images of the blaze transmitted from the Goodyear blimp to ...