California earthquake world series 1989. Rare police footage of san franciscos oct 17 1989 earthquake aftermath part 2 of 2 freddykruegerfiles137691 views 851 the oral history of the earthquake that shook the 1989 as giants world. The shock was centered in the forest of nisene marks state park approximately 10 mi 16 km northeast of santa cruz on a section of the san andreas fault system and was named for the nearby loma prieta peak in the santa cruz mountainswith an m w magnitude of 69 and a maximum. 17 1989 reached a magnitude of 69 and lasted 17 seconds that felt like a month.
The earthquake claimed 63 lives and resulted in more than 3700 injuries with heavy damage throughout the bay area. Dennis eckersley pull quote for 1989 world series oral history the earthquake was centered about 60 miles from candlestick park with the heaviest shaking taking place in the santa cruz mountains and lasting around 15 seconds. It caused 63 deaths and more.
The 1989 loma prieta earthquake occurred on californias central coast on october 17 at 504 pm. The 1989 world series between the oakland as and san francisco giants was deemed the battle of the bay and ended on october 28th but that was after a 10 day delay due to a severe earthquake. The loma prieta earthquake which happened 25 years ago at 50415 pm.
The 1989 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 1989 seasonthe 86th edition of the world series it was a best of seven playoff played between the american league al champion oakland athletics and the national league nl champion san francisco giantsthe series ran from october 14 through october 28 with the athletics sweeping the giants in four games. 1989 san franciscooakland earthquake map of the 1989 san franciscooakland earthquake also known as the loma prieta earthquake. On october 17 1989 a magnitude 69 earthquake hit the san francisco bay area killing 67 people and causing more than 5 billion in damages.