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Loma Prieta earthquake

The Loma Prieta earthquake was a major earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay Area of California on October 17, 1989 at 5:04 p.m. The earthquake lasted approximately 15 seconds and measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale (surface-wave magnitude 7.1). The quake killed 62 people throughout central California, injured 3,757 people and left more than 12,000 people homeless.

Wikipedia and Wikis

Loma Prieta earthquake - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loma_Prieta_earthquak ...

Other

Additional information on the Loma Prieta Earthquake
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/events/ ...
USGS list of additional Loma Prieos sites
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/states/california/loma_p ...
USGS: Loma Prietos
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/usa/1989_10_18. ...
Prof. Antony C. Fraser-Smith, low-frequency electromagnetic precursors to earthquakes
http://www-star.stanford.edu/~acfs/
Selected USGS photographs from the Loma Prieta earthquake
http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-29/
Simulation of Mercalli Scale ground motion presented as a 75 second animation
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/1906/simulations/movies ...
15 Seconds That Changed San Francisco
http://sfgate.com/n/s/p/2004/city/
Progress Toward a safer future since the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake
http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/fact-sheet/fs151-99/
Simulation of Mercalli Scale ground motion presented as a 75 second animation
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/1906/simulations/movies ...
news.bbc.co.uk
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/o ...

Keywords and Synonyms

Loma Prieta earthquake, Loma-Prieta