October 17, 1989
The earthquake occurred during the warm-up practice
for the third game of the 1989 World Series, featuring both of the Bay Area's Major
League Baseball teams, the Oakland
Athletics and the San Francisco Giants.
Because of game-related sports coverage, this was the first major earthquake in
the United States to have its initial jolt broadcast live on television.
To quote the Bicentennial Minute, "And that's the way it was".
October 17, 1989
The Loma Prieta earthquake, also known as the Quake of '89 and the World
Series Earthquake, was a major earthquake that struck
the San Francisco Bay Area of
California at 5:04 pm local time.
Caused by a slip along the San Andreas Fault, the quake lasted 10–15 seconds and measured 6.9 on
both the moment
magnitude scale (surface-wave
magnitude 7.1) and on the open-ended
Richter Scale. The quake killed 63
people throughout Northern California, injured 3,757 and left some 3,000–12,000
people homeless.
The earthquake occurred during the warm-up practice
for the third game of the 1989 World Series, featuring both of the Bay Area's Major
League Baseball teams, the Oakland
Athletics and the San Francisco Giants.
Because of game-related sports coverage, this was the first major earthquake in
the United States to have its initial jolt broadcast live on television.
To quote the Bicentennial Minute, "And that's the way it was".
Stay Tuned
Tony Figueroa
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