Recalling the Big Rumble of 1989
By Sunny Lockwood
The corner of Beach and Divisadero Streets in San Francisco’s Marina District.
[photo courtesy of J.K. Nakata, U.S. Geologic Survey]
October 2009 marks 20 years since California’s Loma Prieta earthquake killed 63 people, crumpled a section of double-decker freeway and collapsed part of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
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Collapsed building in San Francisco’s Marina District.
[photos courtesy of C.E. Meyer, U.S. Geological Survey]
Side view of support column failure and collapse of the upper deck of the CypressStreet Viaduct.
Pancaked upper deck of the Cypress Street Viaduct. The guardrail at right was onthe lower deck.
[photo courtesy of H.G. Wilshire, U.S. Geologic Survey]
Copyright 2009 Merikay McleodAll Rights ReservedFirst electronic printing, October, 2009
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The Big Rumble of October 1989
This month marks 20 years since California's Loma Prieta earthquake killed 63 people, crumpled a section of double-decker freeway and collapsed part of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. See photos from the quake and read what it was like for those who lived through it.
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