Built on an area where there was no underlying bedrock, the liquefaction of the ground resulted in the collapse of a number of structures. San Francisco’s Marina district suffered extensive damage. Sixty-seven people perished as a result of the quake, which lasted around 15 seconds, while more than 3,000 others were injured.ĭid you know? The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened to traffic in November 1936, six months before the Golden Gate Bridge. Though the stadium withstood the shaking, other parts of the Bay Area were not as fortunate. The quake was centered near Loma Prieta Peak (approximately 60 miles south of San Francisco) in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Just prior to the game, at 5:04 p.m., with live cameras on the field, a magnitude 6.9 quake rocked the San Francisco Bay region.
#HOUSES DESTROYED FROM CALIFORNIA EARTH QUAKE SERIES#
The third game of the series was scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. The Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants, both local teams, had reached the World Series. On October 17, the Bay Area was buzzing about baseball. The disaster is known as both as the San Francisco-Oakland earthquake and the Loma Prieta earthquake because it was centered near Loma Prieta Peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Despite the fact that the disaster was one of the most powerful and destructive quakes ever to hit a populated area of the United States, the death toll was relatively small. On October 17, 1989, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the San Francisco Bay Area, killing 67 people and causing more than $5 billion in damages.
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