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63A people were killed in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. 57 of the fatalities were considered to be directly caused by the earthquake and 6 indirectly.
The majority of the deaths (40) were caused by the collapse of an elevated section of free-way.
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A Eberhart-Phillips, A. E., Saunders, T. M., Robinson, A. L., Hatch, D. L. and Parrish, R. G. (2007) Profile of Mortality from the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake using Coroner and Medical Examiner Reports. Journal of Disasters, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp 160-170.
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∙ 15y agoThat depends upon which earthquake you are talking about. Aside from the fact that California has an earthquake occur somewhere within it's 163,000 square miles several times every minute but only a few are every felt.
In 1989, there was an earthquake in the central coast region of California called the Loma Prieta earthquake. It measured a 6.9 on the Richter scale and lasted for 15 seconds. This was the largest quake to occur in California since the 1906 earthquake that rocked San Francisco and surrounding areas.
In the 1906 quake, the deathtoll was about 1,200 people for a quake which is believed to have measure 6.5 and lasted nearly one minute. In 1989, there were 69 deaths directly resulting from the Loma Prieta quake.
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∙ 16y agoAccording to the 2003 Almanac, only 1 person died
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∙ 11y ago450 people
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∙ 11y agoommm 100s
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