In Their Own Words: Memories Linger Years After Loma Prieta Earthquake Rocked The Bay Area

CBS San Francisco

October 17, 2022

It lasted for less than a minute, as short as 15 seconds in some Bay Area neighborhoods, but the memories of the deadly and destructive 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake still linger.

The quake claimed 63 lives, injured nearly 4,000 and caused widespread damage. It also altered the Bay Area landscape forever. Gone was the Cypress Structure on Highway 880 on Oakland, the Embarcadero and a portion of the Central Freeway.

We asked KPIX 5 viewers for their memories of that fateful day on our Facebook and social media pages .

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