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Earthquake photos

From Remembering Loma Prieta

A car dangles from the upper deck of the Bay Bridge
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Car on ledge
Collapsed Marina district building
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Marina district house

 

Collapsed section of the Bay Bridge
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Oakland-Bay bridge collapse
Santa Cruz's downtown mall after the quake
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Santa Cruz mall
Car crushed by fallen bricks
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Car on ledge
Fire in the Marina district
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Car on ledge
The collapsed Cypress Freeway
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Car on ledge
 
From Quake Basics
Section of the San Andreas Fault
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San Andreas fault
Seismogram
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From Damage Control
The Golden Gate Bridge
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The Golden Gate Bridge
Collapsed buildings in Ismet, Turkey
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Seismogram
Collapsed section of freeway in Los Angeles
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Seismogram
 
 
You'll find links to galleries of photos from the 1906 and 1989 earthquakes in the links section.

 

 

 

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