On October 17, 1989 at 5:04 PM Pacific Time, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck the Bay Area of Northern California. The epicenter was on the San Andreas fault roughly 56 miles south of San Francisco and 10 miles northeast of Santa Cruz, near Mt. Loma Prieta in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
This is a video tape of ABC Network coverage of the earthquake. My VCR was recording the World Series telecast that began at 5:00 PM Pacific Time. The video shows the interruption of the telecast by the earthquake, then coverage by KABC-TV Channel 7 in Los Angeles and ABC News until the San Francisco ABC affiliate KGO-TV Channel comes on the air. The ABC network aired clips of a "Roseanne" rerun until live reporting began.
The California Department of Conservation web site has a page about the earthquake at www.conservati....
Негізгі бет Loma Prieta Earthquake, October 17, 1989
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