Loma Prietta

As millions of people watched the baseball World Series from San Francisco on Oct. 17, 1989, the magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake struck the Bay Area, killing 63 people and injuring nearly 4,000 others. This natural-color image was acquired three weeks after the quake.

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NASA GSFC Landsat/LDCM EPO Team

Published October 8, 2009
Data acquired November 8, 1989

Source:

Landsat 5 > TM

Topic:

Solid Earth > Seismology > Earthquake Occurrences