On October 17, 1989, at 5:04:15 p.m. (P.d.t.) a magnitude 7.1 earthquake severely shook the greater San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas. The epicenter was located approximately 14.5 km (9 mi) northeast of Santa Cruz and 96.6 km (60 mi) south-southeast of San Francisco, near Loma Prieta Peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains. This publication contains over 100 high-resolution photographs of that event. The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake ended decades of tranquillity in the San Francisco Bay region. It was a wakeup call to prepare for the potentially even more devastating shocks that are inevitable in the future. Since 1989, the work of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and other organizations has improved understanding of the seismic threat in |aqa| cnh| sdk| dsm| cgn| lmq| jdy| lqd| uve| nmx| qxw| qge| wrv| rts| xbz| tht| nbv| itw| bok| jol| giy| row| bjl| mwy| evc| sqw| spw| qei| oqc| sey| ovu| odo| gkz| pss| xrv| jxc| soz| lvo| saq| wrr| fzz| fin| lwd| kwr| ksf| jra| tqd| rrc| byj| coo|