This Day in History: 6.9 magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake hits California

KSBW ^ | Oct 17, 2023

[nickcarraway]

On this day in 1989, the 6.9 magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake hit the San Francisco Bay Area, killing 63 people, injuring more than 3,700 and causing more than $6 billion in damage.

The Bay Area was brimming with excitement Oct. 17, as the San Francisco Giants were set to host the Oakland A’s in Game 3 of the World Series. The game was scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m., but at 5:04, the earthquake hit.

San Francisco’s Candlestick Park withstood the shaking from the quake, which lasted about 15 seconds, but other parts of the Bay Area weren’t as lucky.

Watch the video above to see the full story.

[abigkahuna]

Remember it well as a radio news director in Watsonville.

[janetjanet998]

Video
October 17, 1989 Earthquake A’s-Giants World Series
https://rumble.com/vmgwav-october-17-1989-earthquake-as-giants-world-series.html

[Joe Brower]

I was visiting a friend in SF near the Mission district when this occurred. Yes, it was something. I was parked at a light, returning to his flat, and all these car alarms suddenly started going off all over the place. I looked to my right and the cars parked there were banging into one another. Then it was over.

The Marina got trashed, but our area was unaffected, so we had a two-day block party as we stayed out of the way of all the emergency vehicles constantly going back and forth.

I had been in the Greenpeace store in Santa Cruz just the previous day... it was a complete wipe, along with many of the old brick buildings that lined the mall back then.

[MeganC]

They had a 4.1 quake near Sacramento today.

[ifinnegan]

I was about ten miles from the epicenter.

Quite a time.

[CIB-173RDABN]

A few minutes after the quake I put a dvd in the recorder and captured live broadcast all evening - going through old dvds I tossed it (along with hundreds of recorded dvds) today.

[ebshumidors]

I was in Marina, CA. Shook pretty well.

[sasquatch]

I was 3. Rock and roll... The redwoods shook and the sky turned red.

[old school]

If it hadn’t been for the World Series game, untold hundreds of people would have been driving on the Cypress freeway and would have been caught in the collapse. Fortunately, everybody left work early, to catch the game!

[jimtorr]

I was still at work, in Mtn View. In the basement. It was an older building, strengthened against nuke attack, so wasn’t too worried about the building.

However, I was in a high security area, and the old drop ceiling was 2 inches of concrete suspended by wires. THAT had me diving under my desk.

[old school]

Ifn it ain’t a 5 or better, it don’t count!

[ifinnegan]

And the sound. It was very loud.

[Falconspeed]

I remember is well in Berkeley. Really shook the land and frightened a lot of people. The news showed the collapsed Bay Shore freeway over and over again.

[Redleg Duke]

Yeah, my fiancé and I were driving south on 101 passing the San Jose Airport when it hit. It felt like all four tires blew out simultaneously.

I was wondering what happened when I saw the sign pylons swing back and forth, about 7 feet! All the time, she was yelling at me to watch my driving.

When we got to my house, I called my parents in Las Cruces, NM to tell them we were okay. They didn’t know about it…turned on the TV…and I heard my Dad yell, “The Bay Bridge Collapsed!”.

After that call, I communed with a large bottle of Jim Beam!

[patriot torch]

For those of us who are students of Biblical prophecy study, we are not surprised at the rise of earthquake intensity and severity.

In fact we expect it to increase even more so as we see that day approaching.

[nickcarraway]

For those of us who are students of Biblical prophecy study, we are not surprised at the rise of earthquake intensity and severity.

So, is this the first time in the last 2000 year that earthquake rose in intensity and severity.

[nickcarraway]

Doesn’t what you are saying contradict the Bible?

[patriot torch]

quote:

“Doesn’t what you are saying contradict the Bible?”

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Here’s one example. HT to RWC

Western Afghanistan hit by fourth M6.3 earthquake since October 7
Sunday, October 15, 2023

https://watchers.news/2023/10/15/western-afghanistan-hit-by-fourth-m6-3-earthquake-since-october-7/

[Myrddin]

I had waited 3 weeks for a system test of new software written for PacBell. My test appointment was for 5 PM. The staff wasn't prepared to start promptly and I was waiting for them to get on with the task. At 5:08 PM they yelped about an earthquake. My test window was dumped. As the evening wore on, I heard reports of co-workers walking 15 miles south from downtown San Francisco to their cars because BART wasn't running. One co-worker was 15 stories up in a dentist office having surgery. The lights went out when the earthquake struck. A very volatile day for many people.