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...showing it. The original hyperactivity -- and some panic -- has been followed by delayed shock and a period of numbness, and now, more than a month later, by an abiding anxiety. Few doubt that Los Angeles has been taking it harder than San Francisco's Bay Area did after the Loma Prieta quake of 1989, which was even greater in intensity -- 7.1 -- and caused 61 deaths...
...fallout in Los Angeles so severe and prolonged compared with San Francisco's experience in 1989? Experts give several reasons. Despite its higher intensity and death toll, the Loma Prieta quake inflicted only 10 aftershocks of 3.5 or greater magnitude, compared with more than 150 in L.A. But the main cause is probably L.A.'s "layered" collective trauma. "Previous traumatic experiences have not yet worked themselves out," says psychologist Michael Gellert. "This makes three catastrophes in a year and a half: the riots and their atmosphere of tension perpetuated by the trials, then the fire storms just a couple...
...When the Loma Prieta earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay area and interrupted the World Series in 1989, it was seen almost as a novelty. More than a few observers probably harrumphed that those fools got exactly what they deserved for building a city right over a fault line on a rocky cliff overlooking the ocean...
...uprooted when her parents separated and her mother moved with her to California. But "I gave her everything -- all the ballet, music, gymnastics, swimming classes -- so she could decide what she liked," says Mosher. "We were very close; we didn't have anyone else." When Sherri graduated from Loma Linda University the same year her mother earned a master's in education, the two celebrated with a month-long trip to the Far East...
...springs. Two scientists, now at Washington's Carnegie Institution, analyzed the timing of eruptions from 1973 to 1991. They found that the schedule was disrupted one to three days before each of the three biggest earthquakes of the period in the region. Just before the devastating Loma Prieta quake that hit the San Francisco area during the 1989 World Series, for example, the time between eruptions jumped from 90 to 150 minutes. Because the quakes occurred up to 250 km (155 miles) from the geyser, the data are not very helpful in warning the public, but they do support...