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GLIDE Record
(8291 of 8294)
Event:
EQ Earthquake
Number:
1989-000001
Country:
USA United States
Location:
Loma Prieta, CA
Date (YMD):
1989-10-17
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Information Source:
USGS (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/events/1989_10_18.php)
Comments:
In the Santa Cruz Mountains in the forest of Nisene Marks State Park, about 16 kilometers northeast of Santa Cruz and about 7 kilometers south of Loma Prieta Mountains, California. This major earthquake caused 63 deaths, 3,757 injuries, and an estimated $6 billion in property damage. It was the largest earthquake to occur on the San Andreas fault since the great San Francisco earthquake in April 1906.
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