Modeled Intensity Maps for 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake by City

To view a shaking intensity map for the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, choose a city from the following list, then click “View Map”. The map will show the modeled shaking intensity in the selected city.

Note that these maps are the result of a computer model of the 1989 earthquake. While they do not represent actual measurements of the shaking that occurred in 1989, the model was derived, in part, with extensive damage data from this earthquake.


San Francisco Bay Bridge damaged in Loma Prieta earthquake, Source: USGS


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Last modified: April 5, 2011