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United States: San Francisco Earthquake of 1989

The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area caused significant damage to transportation infrastructure and resulted in 63 deaths. The collapse of the Cypress Street Viaduct killed most victims. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge also sustained damage when part of the top deck collapsed. All bridges in the area later underwent seismic retrofitting. The earthquake struck just before the third game of the 1989 World Series between the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics, resulting in a 10-day suspension of the championship series.

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United States: San Francisco Earthquake of 1989

The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area caused significant damage to transportation infrastructure and resulted in 63 deaths. The collapse of the Cypress Street Viaduct killed most victims. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge also sustained damage when part of the top deck collapsed. All bridges in the area later underwent seismic retrofitting. The earthquake struck just before the third game of the 1989 World Series between the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics, resulting in a 10-day suspension of the championship series.

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San Francisco earthquake of 1989 damaged the transportation


United States system of the Bay Area. The
collapse of the Cypress Street
Viaduct (Nimitz Freeway)
caused most of the
earthquake-related deaths.
The San Francisco–Oakland
Bay Bridge was also damaged
when a span of the top deck
collapsed. In the aftermath, all
bridges in the area underwent
seismic retrofitting to make
them more resistant to Remarkably, the earthquake struck just
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the 1989 World Series, which was to
Oakland earthquake (also known as the Loma Prieta be played in San Francisco’s
earthquake). The quake struck with a moment Candlestick Park between the two Bay
magnitude of 6.9 on October 17, just before the start Area baseball teams, the San Francisco
of the third game of the World Series, which was Giants and the Oakland Athletics. The
being held at San Francisco's Candlestick Park. Sixty- disaster’s occurrence during a major
three people died, and nearly 3,800 were injured. live television broadcast meant that
The baseball championship between the San news of the earthquake, as well as
Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics was aerial views provided by the Goodyear
suspended for 10 days, because both cities suffered blimp, reached a large audience. The
baseball championship, which was
significant damage.
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