On Shaky Ground: The San Francisco earthquake’s unheeded wakeup call

For The New York Times / Retro Report

This web documentary for The New York Times’ Retro Report series examines the legacy of one of the most watched natural disasters in U.S. history. The 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake leveled sections of the San Francisco Bay Area and left 63 people dead. Because the earthquake came during a live broadcast of the World Series, it served as a wake-up call for fault zones across the country. We look at how much preparing really happened after the panic died down. But two decades later, our investigation found places facing even bigger earthquake risks than California where dangerously little has been done.

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