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Close-up View of Damage to Pacific Garden Mall, Santa Cruz, California
Close-up View of Damage to Pacific Garden Mall, Santa Cruz, California

Close-up View of Damage to Pacific Garden Mall, Santa Cruz, California

C. Stover U.S. Geological Survey


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Close-up view of the damage to Pacific Garden Mall in Santa Cruz, California. Note x-cracking in the plaster layer covering the masonry. Masonry buildings sustained the most damage.

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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