The Loma Prieta earthquake of Oct. 17, 1989, unleashed forces of change that have invigorated San Francisco's waterfront, revived civic treasures and sparked the creation of new city landmarks.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Over three decades after the powerful Loma Prieta earthquake struck, some experts maintain that the strongest quake to hit the Bay Area since 1906 could have been much more ...

The San Francisco Ferry Building before the Loma Prieta earthquake with the Embarcadero Freeway in the foreground. San Francisco Public Library Preview this article 1 min On the anniversary of the ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Exactly 35 years have passed since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, a catastrophic disaster that ...

California has dozens of earthquakes every day. Most are below 3.0 magnitude, so small that they aren’t felt.

The big picture: The Loma Prieta earthquake was centered in Santa ... 1989 because of the World Series, which saw the San Francisco Giants and Oakland A's face off in Candlestick Park.

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 ...

An apartment building burns in San Francisco's Marina District after the Loma Prieta earthquake on Oct. 17, 1989. (Martin E. Klimek/Marin Independent Journal) Mill Valley goes back in time with ...

October 19, 1989 Oakland, CA: Damage to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge after the Loma Prieta earthquake. (Tom Van Dyke/Staff Archives) “We saw bridges collapse, big hits to infrastructure ...

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.