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    15 Pictures To Mark The 25th Anniversary Of The Earthquake That Rocked San Francisco

    Today marks the 25th anniversary of the 7.0 Richter-scale Loma Prieta earthquake, which caused widespread damage in the San Francisco Bay area, killing 63 people and injuring nearly 4,000.

    Matthew Tucker
    by Matthew Tucker

    BuzzFeed Picture Editor, UK

    1. The doorway to an apartment building on Beach Street, near Divisadero Street, after the quake, and how it looks in 2014.

    http://C.E. Meyer/http://U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library/ Justin Sullivan / Getty
    http://C.E. Meyer/http://U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library/ Justin Sullivan / Getty
    http://C.E. Meyer/http://U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library/ Justin Sullivan / Getty

    2. The quake-ravaged Cypress viaduct of the Interstate 880 highway in Oakland.

    AFP / Getty Images CHRIS WILKINS

    3. Search-and-rescue support workers Tim Schilwachder (left) and Mamdouch Shabaan embrace shortly after someone was rescued alive from the collapsed Cypress viaduct.

    AFP / Getty Images CHRIS WILKINS

    4. A house in San Francisco's Marina District that was damaged by fire during the quake, and how it looks in 2014.

    FEMA News Photo / Getty/Justin Sullivan
    FEMA News Photo / Getty/Justin Sullivan
    FEMA News Photo / Getty/Justin Sullivan

    5. A collapsed portion of the Bay Bridge, Oakland.

    AFP / Getty Images GARY WEBER

    6. Cars covered in bricks from a falling building façade, and how the same scene looks in 2014.

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    http://C.E. Meyer/http://U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library / Getty
    http://C.E. Meyer/http://U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library / Getty

    7. A collapsed house that crushed a car parked on the street in the Marina District of San Francisco.

    AFP / Getty Images ADAM TEITELBAUM

    8. The collapsed upper deck of the Cypress viaduct of Interstate 880, and how it looks now.

    http://H.G. Wilshire/http://U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library/Justin Sullivan / Getty
    http://H.G. Wilshire/http://U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library/Justin Sullivan / Getty
    http://H.G. Wilshire/http://U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library/Justin Sullivan / Getty

    9. The Marina district disaster zone.

    Getty Images Otto Greule Jr

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    Getty Images Otto Greule Jr

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    12. Divisadero Street after the quake, and in 2014.

    G. Plafker/http://U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library/Justin Sullivan / Getty
    G. Plafker/http://U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library/Justin Sullivan / Getty
    G. Plafker/http://U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library/Justin Sullivan / Getty

    13. Food items litter the floor in an aisle at a Safeway food store in south San Francisco.

    AFP / Getty Images GARY WEBER

    14. An apartment building on the corner of Beach and Divisadero, and how it looks in 2014.

    FEMA News Photo / Getty/Justin Sullivan
    FEMA News Photo / Getty/Justin Sullivan
    FEMA News Photo / Getty/Justin Sullivan

    15. A fan at Candlestick Park during Game 3 of the World Series reacts to the shaking just after the Loma Prieta earthquake begins.

    MCT via Getty Images Sacramento Bee