27 Years Later: A Look Back At The Loma Prieta Earthquake

Search and rescue support workers Tim Schilwachder (L) and Mamdouch Shabaan embrace 21 October 1989 by the Cypress Structure above 28th and Cypress Sts, shortly after a man was rescued alive there. A powerful earthquake has rocked San Francisco 17 October killing nine people and injuring hundreds. The epicentre of the quake, which measured 6.9 on the Richter scale, is thought to have been Loma Prieta, 10 miles north of Santa Cruz on the San Andreas fault. AFP PHOTO CHRIS WILKINS (Photo credit should read CHRIS WILKINS/AFP/Getty Images)

World Series - Oakland Athletics v San Francisco Giants - Game Three

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - OCTOBER 17: Jose Canseco and members of the Oakland Athletics leave Candlestick Park with their families after the Loma Prieta earthquake hit prior to World Series game three between the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants on October 17, 1989 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California. The game was postponed for 10 days. (Photo by Rich Pilling/Getty Images)

Loma Prieta earthquake October 17, 1989 (Photo by Mark Downey Lucid Images/Corbis via Getty Images)

Cypress Freeway After the Loma Prieta Earthquake (Photo by �� Lloyd Cluff/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

The remains of the Cypress Freeway, which ran through the center of Oakland, following the San Francisco, or Loma Prieta, Earthquake of 1989. Although the quake occurred in 1989, this portion of the Interstate freeway I-880 was not rebuilt and reopened until 1997. The freeway literally collapsed like a house of cards. Although the quake hit at 5:04 P.M. on a weekday, amazing only 42 people were buried and killed by the falling roadway. (Photo by Jim Sugar/Corbis via Getty Images)

Repairing Damage to the Oakland Bay Bridge

Workers repair the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge after the 1989 earthquake. A section of the upper deck fell, leaving the bridge closed for a month. (Photo by Jim Sugar/Corbis via Getty Images)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - OCTOBER 17: A general view of Candlestick Park after the Loma Prieta earthquake hit prior to World Series game three between the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants on October 17, 1989 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California. The game was postponed for 10 days. (Photo by Rich Pilling/Getty Images)

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