Loma Prieta Earthquake The Biggest Earthquake in San Francisco Since 1906! • The Loma Prieta earthquake occurred on October 17, 1989.It hit a 7.1 on the Richter scale. It was the worst earthquake in the area since 1906! Battle of the Bay What the Earthquake is probably most remembered for is that it delayed the 1989 World Series.The series happened to be between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics from just across the bay. The third game was scheduled to be played in Candlestick Park, but about an hour before the game was supposed to start the earthquake struck. The series was delayed 10 days and was eventually swept by the Athletics. Mass Destruction Here is the devastation of the Loma This is an example of one of the 27 Prita Earthquake. Between 63 and 68 recorded fires in the San Francisco. people died in scenes similar to this in The firemen’s water mains for the San Francisco and the surrounding hoses were cut off so the citizens area. had to form a bucket brigade just as the people of San Francisco had done 83 years before. Where Did It Come From? Loma Prieta’s epicenter was in the Santa Cruz Mountains, about 40 miles north of Santa Cruz, California. The earthquake got its name from the peak that its epicenter was closest to Loma Prieta Peak. Bibliography 1. 1989 World Series. 21 October 2006 <baseball reference.com> 2. Berkeley Seismology Laboratory. <21 October 2006 www.Seismo.Berkeley.edu> 3. BBC News. 20 October 2006 <news.bbc.co.uk> 4. Science Course Ware. 21 October 2006 <www. sciencecoursware.com> 5. The Virtual Museum of the city of San Francisco. 20 October 2006 www.sfmuseum.org/1906/89 6. Disasters Loma Prieta, the 1989 San Francisco Earthquake . 20 October 2006 <u-s-history.com> THE END .