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 ...

If not for the Loma Prieta earthquake, San Francisco's de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park would probably still be jammed behind a windowless wall of stucco-covered concrete -- underneath a mock ...

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. 1 of 14. By Ted Andersen – Digital Editor, ...

The Loma Prieta earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.9, hit the San Francisco Bay Area on Oct. 17, 1989. 63 people died, mainly in the collapsed double decked Nimitz Freeway cypress structure.

As California marks 25 years since the deadly Loma Prieta earthquake, take a look back. The quake killed 63 people and injured thousands of others in the San Francisco Bay area.

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 ...

Check out this interactive image to see how San Francisco's waterfront was transformed when the Embarcadero Freeway was demolished after the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake.