san-francisco
It was a transform or strike slip boundary earthquake.
Gerardos face
San Andreas faultline
San Francisco
The epicenter was just to the north west of San Francisco, however the earthquake ruptured the whole northern section of the San Andreas fault for a distance of 296 miles.
It was San Francisco that had the earthquake.
The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake caused major damage to San Francisco.
October 17, 1989 Loma Prieta EarthquakeOn October 17, 1989, at 5:04:15 p.m. (PDT), a magnitude 6.9 earthquake severely shook the San Francisco and Monterey Bay regions. The epicenter was located near Loma Prieta peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains, approximately 9 mi northeast of Santa Cruz and 60 mi south-southeast of San Francisco.
The epicenter of the 1989 San Francisco was located in the Santa Cruz mountains. It was about 60 miles south of the city.
San Francisco
The San Franciscoâ??Oakland earthquake in 1989 was also called Loma Prieta earthquake. The earthquakes epicenter was in the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park in the Santa Cruz mountains.
The epicenter was just to the north west of San Francisco, however the earthquake ruptured the whole northern section of the San Andreas fault for a distance of 296 miles.
The epicenter was just to the north west of San Francisco, however the earthquake ruptured the whole northern section of the San Andreas fault for a distance of 296 miles.
The answer is San Fransisco, California.
It is impossible to predict the precise epicentre of an earthquake in advance of the event.
San Francisco has suffered two notable earthquakes. One in 1906 and the other (the Loma Prieta earthquake) in 1989.
San Francisco
It was San Francisco that had the earthquake.
San Francisco, California
The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake caused major damage to San Francisco.