1989 Loma Prieta earthquake

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The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake was a powerful magnitude 6.9 quake in Northern California that caused widespread damage in the San Francisco Bay Area, including freeway collapses and the disruption of the World Series.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf earthquake
natural disaster
affectedArea Monterey Bay region
Oakland
surface form: Oakland, California

San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco
surface form: San Francisco, California

Santa Cruz County, California
aftershocks numerous aftershocks over subsequent weeks
alsoKnownAs 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
surface form: Loma Prieta earthquake

1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
surface form: World Series earthquake
associatedWith 1989 World Series
buildingCodeImpact led to revisions of California seismic building codes
casualtiesFatalities 63
casualtiesInjured over 3700
country United States of America
surface form: United States
date 1989-10-17
depth about 19 km
economicLoss over 6 billion US dollars
effectOnWorldSeries suspension of the 1989 World Series for 10 days
epicenterNear Gabilan Range
surface form: Loma Prieta Peak
epicenterRange Coastal Ranges
surface form: Santa Cruz Mountains
fault San Andreas Fault
historicalSignificance one of the most significant California earthquakes since the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
localTimeZone Pacific Time Zone
surface form: Pacific Daylight Time
locatedIn Northern California
magnitudeMoment 6.9
magnitudeMw 6.9
maximumMercalliIntensity IX (Violent)
mediaCoverage extensive live television coverage due to World Series broadcast
notableInfrastructureFailure 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cypress Street Viaduct collapse

San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge upper deck collapse
collapse of sections of the Nimitz Freeway (Interstate 880)
damage to San Francisco Marina District
occurredDuring Game 3 of the 1989 World Series
partOf seismic activity of the San Andreas Fault system
primaryCauseOfDamage ground shaking
landslides
liquefaction
region California, United States
surface form: California
timeLocal 1989-10-17T17:04:15-07:00
timeUTC 1989-10-18T00:04:15Z
transportationImpact long-term closure and redesign of the Cypress structure
temporary closure of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
triggeredEvent fires in San Francisco Marina District
freeway collapses in Oakland
landslides in Santa Cruz Mountains
typeOfFaulting oblique-slip
worldSeriesTeams Oakland Athletics
San Francisco Giants
year 1989

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San Francisco historicEvent 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake alsoKnownAs 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
this entity surface form: Loma Prieta earthquake
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake alsoKnownAs 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
this entity surface form: World Series earthquake
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake notableInfrastructureFailure 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cypress Street Viaduct collapse
1989 World Series nickname 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
this entity surface form: Earthquake Series
1989 World Series interruptionCause 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
this entity surface form: Loma Prieta earthquake
Marina District wasHeavilyDamagedIn 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
Marina District rebuiltAfter 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
Santa Cruz County, California wasHeavilyImpactedBy 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge retrofitAfter 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
Bay Bridge affectedBy 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
Game 3 postponementCause 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
subject surface form: Game 3 of the 1989 World Series
this entity surface form: Loma Prieta earthquake
Santa Cruz Mountains earthquakeEvent 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
West Oakland affectedBy 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
this entity surface form: Loma Prieta earthquake collapse of Cypress Freeway
Transbay Tube wasClosedAfterEvent 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
Ferry Building sustainedDamageIn 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
Fillmore Auditorium damagedBy 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
Earthquake Game interruptedBy 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
this entity surface form: Loma Prieta earthquake
Earthquake Game causeOfInterruption 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
this entity surface form: Loma Prieta earthquake
Earthquake Game associatedDisaster 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
Loma Prieta associatedEvent 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
San Francisco, California, United States of America experiencedEvent 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
subject surface form: San Francisco
California Coast Ranges seismicity notableEvent 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake