W hen the eastern span of the Bay Bridge was deemed seismically unsafe after the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, its fate was certain. Demolition crews tore it down, and a construction team ...

CA prepares for next big earthquake with Great ShakeOut drill This year, the anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake also falls on the same day as the Great ShakeOut -- at 10:17 this morning ...

At 10:15 Monday night, the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge ... replaces the earthquake-vulnerable eastern span that partially collapsed in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake ...

The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake did sizable damage, but experts say there is a 62 percent chance that a far more devastating quake could strike the Bay Area within the next 30 years — and all ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Exactly 35 years have passed since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, a catastrophic disaster that ...

2025 The earthquake struck on the San Andreas Fault, which runs from the Cape Mendocino region north of the Bay Area to Baja California, Mexico. The 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta Earthquake in October ...

For context, the last major quake along this fault was the 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta Earthquake in 1989, which rocked the Santa Cruz Mountains and left its mark on the Bay Area. Going further ...