It struck with a magnitude 6.9, at 5:04 p.m. on a Tuesday. It was centered in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Part of the Bay Bridge collapsed, as well as the double-decker Cypress Freeway.
Buildings in San Francisco's Marina District burned to the ground.
The quake killed 62 people, injured more than 2,700 and left 12,000 homeless.
19 years since Loma Prieta quake
SAN FRANCISCO, CA