The Great Quake of '89

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The Loma Prieta earthquake, also known as the Quake of '89 and the World Series Earthquake, was a major earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay Area of California on October 17, 1989, at 5:04 p.m. local time. Caused by a slip along the San Andreas Fault, the quake lasted 10–15 seconds and measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale[5] (surface-wave magnitude 7.1) or 6.9 on the open ended Richter Scale. The quake killed 63 people throughout northern California, injured 3,757 and left some 3,000-12,000 people homeless.

This disc is an interactive colour illustrated laser disc from the ABC News Interactive

Kindly donated by Netherhall School


Platform : Laserdisc
Format : Laserdisc
Publisher : ABC News Interactive
Authors : ABS
Date : 1990
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