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Article: Loma Prieta - one year ago today. (San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake, 1989)
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- PR Newswire
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- October 16, 1990
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/ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AYEMS WEDNESDAY, OCT. 17/
LOMA PRIETA -- ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Earthquake Project issued the following:
One year ago today the Loma Prieta earthquake struck San Francisco and its surrounding areas. The rest of the country knew almost instantaneously what had happened because of the World Series broadcast. Disbelief, shock and fear were the immediate reactions, particularly to the gruesome scene of the collapsed Nimitz freeway. Sixty-seven lives were lost and the total cost of Loma Prieta's 10 seconds of shaking is estimated at $8-10 billion, excluding California ...