ABC News coverage of the 1989 San Francisco (Loma Prieta) earthquake

Video source record: https://archive.org/details/abc-1989-earthquake-10-17-89

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Summary

This recording starts at the beginning of the ABC's coverage of Game 3 of the 1989 World Series -- at 5:04pm Pacific Time, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit, knocking the broadcast off the air. As the network scrambled to fill time, they began airing an episode of "Roseanne," followed by "The Wonder Ye

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• Source collection: Internet Archive
• License: CC / Public Domain
• Category: Nature

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1. Primary source record: https://archive.org/details/abc-1989-earthquake-10-17-89
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