Collapsed 4th-Story Wall, San Francisco, California
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The fourth-story wall of this unreinforced masonry building on Bluxome Street near Sixth and Townsend collapsed onto the street, crushing five people in their cars. No one in the building was killed. 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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