SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Exactly 35 years have passed since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, a catastrophic disaster that killed 63 Bay Area residents and caused over $10 billion in damage to the ...
The Loma Prieta earthquake on Oct. 17, 1989, killed 63 people, destroyed 11,000 housing units and caused $7 billion of damages when it struck in 1989. It also damaged 242 buildings at Stanford.