ASSOCIATED PRESS A group of people stand in the South of Market street, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 1989 in San Francisco, where five people died under a torrent of bricks when the 15-second quake two weeks ...

The quake caused near $7 billion in damage. 63 people died in the earthquake and thousands were injured. OAKLAND, Calif. - Friday marked 36 years since the Loma Prieta earthquake struck the Bay Area, ...

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 36th Anniversary of the deadly Loma Prieta earthquake prompted public awareness messages about earthquake preparedness. It also came as the U.S. Government shutdown has led to furloughs of ...

I’d never heard a sound quite like it, and I knew I wasn’t alone. It was the sound of the Loma Prieta earthquake approaching Candlestick Park from the south, like a massive, runaway train. The ...

October 17 marks the 33-year anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake that jolted the San Francisco Bay Area in 1989. The catastrophic natural disaster also struck the Oakland-Giants 1989 World ...

Then the Loma Prieta earthquake hit. The magnitude 6.9 temblor, named for the peak near the quake's epicenter in the Santa Cruz Mountains, lasted 15 seconds. It killed 12 people in San Francisco, ...

The Loma Prieta earthquake struck at 5:04 p.m. on Oct. 17, 1989. The quake caused near $7 billion in damage. 63 people died in the earthquake and thousands were injured. OAKLAND, Calif. - Friday ...