Aftermath: The Loma Prieta Earthquake
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Oct 15, 2014
Published Oct 15, 2015 at 7:08 AM
As California marks 30 years since the deadly Loma Prieta earthquake, take a look back. The quake killed 63 people and injured thousands of others in the San Francisco Bay area.
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APIn this Oct. 17, 1989 file photo, a California Highway Patrol officer checks the damage to cars that fell when the upper deck of the Bay Bridge collapsed onto the lower deck after the Loma Prieta earthquake in San Francisco. Click to see more historic images of the destruction from the Loma Prieta earthquake.
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UIG via Getty ImagesLoma Prieta, California, Earthquake October 17, 1989.
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Getty ImagesGeneral view of debris after the earthquake, measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale.
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ASSOCIATED PRESSA worker tries to clear a drain to release backed up water from broken mains and firefighting efforts in the Marina District of San Francisco Wednesday morning, Oct. 18, 1989.
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APIn this Oct. 19, 1989 photo, workers check the damage to Interstate 880 in Oakland, Calif., after it collapsed during the Loma Prieta earthquake two days earlier.
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ASSOCIATED PRESSA bulldozer brings down a damaged apartment complex in the Marina district of San Francisco, Ca., as people watch from the roof of another building, Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 18, 1989.
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AFP/Getty ImagesSearch and rescue support workers Tim Schilwachder (L) and Mamdouch Shabaan embrace 21 October 1989 by the Cypress Structure above 28th and Cypress Sts, shortly after a man was rescued alive there.
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ASSOCIATED PRESSTwo firefighters scale a ladder Wednesday, Oct. 18, 1989 to survey the wreckage of an apartment in San Francisco's Marina district. The temblor caused severe damage to many parts of the Bay area.
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CHRIS WILKINS/AFP/Getty ImagesSearch and rescue support workers continue rescue efforts 21 October 1989 atop the Cypress Structure above 28th and Cypress Sts, shortly after a man was rescued alive there.
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ASSOCIATED PRESSSherman Chen searches through what is left of the family home in the Marina district of San Francisco Tuesday, Oct. 24, 1989. The home was so unstable after the earthquake that it was torn down before family members could remove any valuables. Chen searched until police forced him to leave the area.
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ASSOCIATED PRESSA bridge worker checks bolt hole alignment and readies to attach a support fro I-beams that will span the gaping hole created in the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge October 17 by the earthquake.
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ASSOCIATED PRESSThis aerial view is the last standing section of the nearby-demolished Cypress section of the I-800 Nimitz freeway, Jan. 11, 1990, Oakland, Calif. 42 people lost their lives on the freeway. The standing section was used for seismic testing and was gone by the end of January, 1990.
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ASSOCIATED PRESSA burned out vehicle lies at the base of a broken column that once supported two decks of the Cypress freeway, Oct. 18, 1989, Oakland, Calif.
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ASSOCIATED PRESSBob Kubiatowicz, left, and John Wooliscroft look at whats left of a neighbors home, Friday, Oct. 21, 1989, Boulder Creek, Calif. Kubiatowiczs home was untouched while Wooliscrofts suffered the same fate as that pictured. All three homes are on the same mountainside road.
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ASSOCIATED PRESSGlen Ward, on wing, unloads his aircraft and passes relief supplies from man to a flatbed truck at the airport, Sunday, Oct. 23, 1989 Watsonville, Calif. Ward, who makes 8-9 round trips per day, is one of many private pilots that fly in needed good for earthquake victims.
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ASSOCIATED PRESSRubble litters the ground as workers continue to tear down a section of the I-880 Cypress structure, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 1989, Oakland, Calif. The demolition allowed evacuated families to move back into their homes following the earthquake.
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ASSOCIATED PRESSWorkers add one of the last sections of the lower deck of the Bay Bridge, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 1989, Oakland, Calif. This section of the bridge collapsed during the October 17 earthquake.
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ASSOCIATED PRESSFootball fans arriving Sunday's game between the San Francisco 49ers and the New England patriots contribute to earthquake relief organizations outside Stanford Stadium, Oct. 23, 1989. The game was moved to Stanford while to allow workers time to repair Candlestick Park, the 49ers home field, and prepare it for the World Series games which were postponed by the quake.
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APSuzanne Kleiman, a resident of San Francisco's Marina district, Oct. 26, 1989, climbs down from the remains of what was once her home, after searching for some of her belongings Wednesday.
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ASSOCIATED PRESSWith children in strollers, pets on leashes and belongings under arm, a family leaves its earthquake-damaged home in San Francisco's Marine district, Thursday, Oct. 28, 1989. Residents were allowed to return to damaged buildings which were determined to be structurally safe to retrieve their belongings.
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