Los angeles california earthquake 1989. Californias earthquake history below is a list of the historical earthquakes in california they are listed by month. 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. Despite the fact that the disaster was one of the most.
San francisco earthquake of 1989 also called loma prieta earthquake major earthquake that struck the san francisco bay area california us on october 17 1989 and caused 63 deaths nearly 3800 injuries and an estimated 6 billion in property damage. Pacific time 11 miles from clearlake calif according to the us. In both cases the perception of those involved with policy making in california was changed and state laws and building codes were modified but not without much debate to require commercial and residential properties to be built to withstand earthquakes.
A magnitude 40 earthquake was reported wednesday morning at 445 am. People at several businesses near lone pine and bishop told abc news the while the shaking was intense they didnt see any damage. Some decades later the san fernando earthquake affected the san fernando valley north of los angeles with heavy damage to several hospitals.
A 58 magnitude earthquake hit california around 1045 am. 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. The earthquake occurred 12 miles from.
1857 01 09 fort tejon california m 79 2010 01 10 offshore northern california m 65. Several rockslides were reported in inyo county. The 1989 loma prieta earthquake occurred on californias central coast on october 17 at 504 pm.