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Loma Prieta Earthquake

Loma Prieta Earthquake
Centered south of San Francisco, the October 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake measured 7.1 on the Richter scale. The quake shook the entire San Francisco Bay Area, causing extensive damage to older buildings in the Marina District, shown here. The quake also caused the collapse of a highway in Oakland and part of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
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