The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake occurred on California's Central Coast on October 17 at 5:04 p.m. local time. The shock was centered in The Forest of...
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Loma Prieta (from Spanish loma -hill, prieta -dark) is the highest peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Northern California, measuring 3,790 feet (1,160 m)...
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Loma Prieta (translates to "Dark Hill") is an American hardcore punk band that formed in 2005. The group is based in San Francisco, California and derived...
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1989 World Series (section The Loma Prieta earthquake)
Bay Bridge and the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system, and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake occurred before the start of Game 3. It was the first cross-town...
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have occurred in previously-identified seismic gaps. Prior to the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake(Mw = 6.9), that segment of the San Andreas Fault system recorded...
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Cypress Street Viaduct (section Loma Prieta earthquake)
from 16th Street north to the MacArthur Maze collapsed during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, due to ground movement and structural flaws. The upper deck...
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MacArthur Maze (section 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake)
early 1960s. Another round of extensive re-engineering followed the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, including the addition of diamond lane ramps and a huge girder...
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Oakland, known as the Cypress Street Viaduct, collapsed during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, causing 42 deaths; initial estimates were significantly higher...
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Earthquake prediction (section 1989: Loma Prieta, U.S.)
Loma Prieta event; the second revision extended to 1990, and so included Loma Prieta. When discussing success or failure of prediction for the Loma Prieta...
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for nearly half of all homes that became uninhabitable in California's Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 and was projected to cause severe damage and possible...
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partners, including health insurance for city workers. Following the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, Agnos refused to move homeless people forced from...
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peak at approximately 47% of the overall city population. The 6.9 Mw Loma Prieta earthquake occurred on October 17, 1989. The rupture was related to the...
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Seminary, Los Altos, California which resulted in one fatality. During Loma Prieta earthquake, the tower pounded against the independently vibrating adjacent...
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put the body parts into plastic bags, which he later abandoned near Loma Prieta Mountain. Before disposing of Pesce's and Luchessa's severed heads in...
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The history of Oakland, a city in the county of Alameda, California, can be traced back to the founding of a settlement by Horace Carpentier, Edson Adams...
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I.V. is the fourth studio album by the American hardcore punk band Loma Prieta. It was released on January 17, 2012, by Deathwish Inc. I.V. was written...
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which is still standing, though it was severely damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. World War I brought new job opportunities in the shipyards...
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from Hollister, through the Santa Cruz Mountains, epicenter of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, then up the San Francisco Peninsula, where it was first identified...
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Agnos allowed the homeless to camp in the Civic Center park after the Loma Prieta earthquake that made over 1,000 SRO's[clarification needed] uninhabitable...
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title the day prior, it wasn't necessary. After braving the traumatic Loma Prieta earthquake and an all-time low 16.4 rating for the 1989 World Series...
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Portrait is the fifth studio album by the American hardcore punk band Loma Prieta. The Jack Shirley-produced album was released on CD, cassette and digital...
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who started assessing the Giants' chances for victory in the game, the Loma Prieta earthquake struck (at approximately 5:04 p.m. local time). While the...
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Here I Come Falling Heroin I Hate Myself Infant Island Jeromes Dream Loma Prieta Majority Rule Neil Perry Nitro Mega Prayer Off Minor Old Gray Orchid...
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Oakland in Oakland, California, from 1962 until it was damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. San Francisco Archbishop Joseph S. Alemany erected St. Mary's...
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Hoita strobilina (redirect from Loma Prieta leatherroot)
strobilina is a rare species of legume known by the common name Loma Prieta leatherroot, or Loma Prieta hoita. It is endemic to California, where it is known from...
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Diablo Range. The summit of Loma Prieta is the highest point of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The summit elevation of Loma Prieta includes a vertical offset...
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by Peter Coyote. He started with the episodes "Exploring Space" and "Loma Prieta Earthquake, 30 Years Later". He continued in 2020 with "Female Sports...
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along the Embarcadero to the Bay Bridge, was demolished after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, and Doyle Drive was then part of U.S. Route 101, until being...
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in whistleblowing, used for courses on engineering ethics. The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake severed the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge for a month and...
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Santa Cruz Railroad (redirect from Loma Prieta Railroad)
1888. The 3.7-mile (6.0 km) Aptos branch from Aptos to Loma Prieta was built as the Loma Prieta Railroad in 1883 and abandoned in 1928. Trains portal Roaring...
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