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View of the double-deck San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge looking towards the north. San Francisco is to the west and Oakland is to the east, support Pier E-9 is located in the center of the photo. The 15-m long deck sections in both the upper and lower decks were pulled from their support bearings when the 88-m long truss on the right of Pier E-9 moved about 25.4 cm east. Image Credit: E.V. Leyendecker. U.S. Geological Survey October 18, 1989 Loma Prieta USA earthquake and tsunami The magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurred near Loma Prieta in the Santa Cruz mountains. Movement occurred along a 40-km segment of the San Andreas fault from southwest of Los Gatos to north of San Juan Bautista. Event Data:
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