EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE TO TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

Collapse of Freeway in 1989 Loma Prieta, CA Earthquake

Earthquake of October 17, 1989, Loma Prieta, CA. The magnitude 7.1 earthquake was located 96 km south-southeast of San Francisco. It killed 67 people, injured 3,757, and caused an estimated 7 billion dollars in property damage. Although the earthquake occurred in the remote Santa Cruz Mountains, it was one of the costliest natural disasters in United States history.