Timeline Tuesday 17 October 1989

Events on Tuesday 17 October 1989 1

• 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake Magnitude 6.9 quake strikes the San Francisco Bay Area A major earthquake centered near Loma Prieta peak struck the San Francisco Bay Area during the World Series, killing 63 people and causing billions of dollars in damage. It caused the collapse of a section of the Interstate 880 Cypress viaduct and part of the Bay Bridge. Television coverage of the World Series broadcast the earthquake live to a national audience.