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House Damage, Santa Cruz Mountains, California
House Damage, Santa Cruz Mountains, California

House Damage, Santa Cruz Mountains, California

C. Stover U.S. Geological Survey


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Damage to a house on Bay View in Redwood Estates off Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz mountains. Many homes collapsed in the Santa Cruz mountains.

Image Credit: C. Stover. 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.

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