The Loma Prieta Earthquake killed 62 and injured more than 3,000. The epicenter was located in the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park. A hiking trail leads to a sign claiming to mark the epicenter, ...

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 destructive.

The Oct. 17, 1989, Loma Prieta earthquake was America's first widely-shared natural disaster. The calamity was captured live on television, as Game 3 of the World Series was about to start. The TV ...

Thursday marks 35 years since the Loma Prieta earthquake jolted the Bay Area, killing 63 people and injuring about 3,700.. The 6.9 magnitude quake struck at 5:04 p.m. and was centered in the Santa ...

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The Loma Prieta earthquake struck at 5:04 p.m., Oct. 17, 1989, when millions of people around the country had tuned in to watch the Giants take on the Oakland A's at Candlestick Park.

The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake opened large fissures on Summit Road in Santa Cruz County, Calif. (Jim Gensheimer/Mercury News) William Kelly was renting a room a few miles north of Boulder Creek ...

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.

Events were held around the Bay Area to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake. The 6.9 quake hit during the World Series between the Giants and A's at 5:04 p.m. on October ...

The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake was a wakeup call to the Central Coast and San Francisco Bay Area, which had gone decades without a major earthquake. In the 20 years since then, increasingly ...

The magnitude-6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake struck on Oct. 17, 1989 at 5:04 p.m. The devastating shaking wrecked buildings and collapsed freeways from Watsonville north to West Oakland.