Significant Earthquake

Date Earthquake Location Earthquake Parameters
Focal
Depth		 Magnitude MMI Int
Year Mo Dy Hr Mn Sec Name Latitude Longitude Mw Ms Mb Ml Mfa Unk
1989 10 18 0 4 15.2 CALIFORNIA: LOMA PRIETA 37.036 -121.883 19 7.1 6.5 9
Significant Earthquake
Earthquake Effects Total Effects (Earthquake and Tsunami, Volcano, etc.)
Deaths Missing Injuries Damage Houses
Destroyed		 Houses
Damaged		 Deaths Missing Injuries Damage Houses
Destroyed		 Houses
Damaged
Num De Num De Num De $Mill De Num De Num De Num De Num De Num De $Mill De Num De Num De
62 2 3757 4 5.600 2 3 62 2 3757 4 5.600 2 3


Comments for the Significant Earthquake

Comments for the Significant Earthquake

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Reference #1250 (EM-DAT) lists $12 billion damage, 62 killed, 2500 injured.
Reference #1053 (USGS PDE) lists $5.6 billion damage, 62 killed, 3757 injured, maximum intensity IX in parts of Oakland and San Francisco. Numerous landslides occurred in the epicentral area and liquefaction occurred in some areas of Oakland and San Francisco.
Reference #1289 lists $6 billion damage, 63 killed, 3737 injured.

An earthquake on the San Andreas system with its epicenter near Loma Prieta about 15 km northeast of Santa Cruz caused extensive damage in the area and in San Francisco. It also generated a small tsunami or tsunamis in Monterey Bay with a maximum recorded amplitude of about 15.7 inches.


References for the Significant Earthquake

References for the Significant Earthquake

ID Author Year Citation
237 Lander, James F., Patricia A. Lockridge, and Michael J. Kozuch 1993 Tsunamis affecting the West Coast of the United States, 1806-1992, KGRD no. 29, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, Colorado, USA, September, 242 p.
1053 National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) 1971 to present Preliminary Determination of Epicenters (PDE), a weekly and monthly publication, National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Golden, Colorado, 1971 to present.
1232 International Seismological Centre 1964-1990 Regional Catalogue of Earthquakes, 1964-1990, Edinburgh, Scotland.
1250 Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) and the U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) 2001 EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium, link
1289 California Geological Survey 2003 Anniversaries of Notable California Earthquakes. California Department of Conservation. Retrieved March 25, 2003 from link
3666 EERI Reconnaissance Team 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, October 17, 1989. Preliminary Reconnaissance Report 89-03, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, El Cerrito, California, 51 p.
3668 Plafker, George and John P. Galloway, eds 1989 Lessons Learned from the Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1045, 48 p.