Somehow, the worst that Mother Nature could hurl at us brought out the best in us, just as it did in 1906.
There was calm compassion, without any looting, rioting or fighting. Bystanders helped fight fires in the Marina district of San Francisco and extricate car passengers in the collapsed Cypress Street Viaduct in Oakland. All told, the magnitude-6.9 quake was the strongest to shake the Bay Area since 1906, killing 63 people and injuring more than 3,700.įirst and foremost, the earthquake triggered extraordinary acts of heroism, courage, cooperation and community.
#Loms prieta golf series
The game was postponed and the series didn’t resume for another 10 days due to damage across the Bay Area.ĭuring the quake, a double-deck section of the Nimitz Freeway (called the Cypress Street Viaduct) collapsed, killing 42 people, part of the Bay Bridge collapsed, killing one person, and many buildings in both Oakland and San Francisco crumpled. Concrete fell onto the upper deck, and power was knocked out to the stadium. and those in the stadium thought the crowd was exceptionally raucous but it soon became clear that an earthquake had struck. On, Candlestick Park in San Francisco started shaking during a World Series game between the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants.
Stein (2019), Holding a mirror to the Loma Prieta earthquake 30 years later, Temblor, But the quake has been followed by an unexpected three-decade period of seismic quiet.Ĭitation: Ross S. Marks the 30th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake, the Bay Area “wake-up call” that revealed our weaknesses and catalyzed our preparation.
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