WORLDWIDE – October 17, 2019 – 4:20 pm
Tag Archives: Loma Prieta Earthquake
30 Years Later CHRONICLE: October 17, 1989 – 5:04 PM Photography by: J.K. Nakata, United States Geological Survey On October 17, 1989, at 5:04 pm, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake severely shook the San Francisco Bay Area. The Loma Prieta Earthquake was the largest earthquake to hit San Francisco since 1906. The violent force of the […]