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Loma Prieta 25 Years Later: Region Braces for the Big One
On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the devastating Loma Prieta quake, the traveling public can rest assured that the Bay Area’s transportation system is far better prepared to withstand the next one. The 6.9 magnitude earthquake that rocked the region on October 17, 1989, revealed weak points in the Bay Area’s transportation network and set in motion major renovations and retrofits to the region’s transit and highway structures.