26 years ago today!! 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake [View all]

This October marks the 26th anniversary of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that shook the Bay Area during the late-afternoon on Oct. 17. With a 6.9 magnitude, its force was devastating. Review our photos of the aftermath, and leave your memories of those terrible moments.

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/1989-Loma-Prieta-Earthquake-2459219.php#photo-2020865

I was two years old then...and yeah, I sorta remember it happening.

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26 years ago today!! 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake [View all]	yuiyoshida	Oct 2015	OP
I just arrived home from work and was sitting in the car in the driveway	livetohike	Oct 2015	#1
Whoa, that's crazy. I didn't realize you guys felt it down there.	Arugula Latte	Oct 2015	#6
At first I thought we might be having our own quake! It felt that strong.	livetohike	Oct 2015	#15
Yes! Very scary. ... I live in the Northwest now, and while we don't get the frequent	Arugula Latte	Oct 2015	#16
I'm back home in Pennsylvania where the frackers are doing their best to create quakes.	livetohike	Oct 2015	#17
Really? All the way down in L.A.?	truedelphi	Oct 2015	#7
It was frightening because I remember thinking that if it had hit	livetohike	Oct 2015	#13
I was just sitting down with a fine chilled bottle of Chardonnay...waiting for the opening pitch	Brother Buzz	Oct 2015	#2
I was in Southern California, drinking a beer, eating a burger and sort of not-paying attn	Warren DeMontague	Oct 2015	#3
I have a lot of memories from being in that earthquake in the south bay then...	cascadiance	Oct 2015	#4
I was driving in the East Bay. I went up into the Berkeley Hills and saw flames	Arugula Latte	Oct 2015	#5
I was near the epicenter	MBS	Oct 2015	#8
Wow! You are young. (I was 39 at the time)	panader0	Oct 2015	#9
My wife and I were out of the state at the time.	hunter	Oct 2015	#10
Driving home from work in Santa Rosa	marlakay	Oct 2015	#11
I was getting ready to go to work.....	alittlelark	Oct 2015	#12
I was in Santa Cruz near the epicenter	dreamnightwind	Oct 2015	#14