Unified Interior Regions

Crack down front of Ford's Department Store, downtown Watsonville. Although this fracture appears minor, the building was significantly damaged.

Bent reinforcement bars in failed support column, Cypress viaduct.

Books and air-conditioning duct were dislodged during the earthquake.

A geologist traces surface cracks in a corral adjacent to summit road approximately 1.6 km (1 mi) southeast of Highway 17.

Bicycles crushed by falling unreinforced brick facade, Pacific Garden Mall.

Houses not bolted down securely were easily dislodged from their foundations in downtown Watsonville.

Absence of adequate shear walls on the garage level exacerbated damage to this structure at the corner of Beach and Divisadero Streets, Marina District.

Closeup of damaged reinforcement bars from a Cypress viaduct support column.

Seismographs at the U.S. Geological Survey record (1) north-south horizontal, (2) east-west horizontal, and (3) vertical components of the earthquake.

Northwest-trending extensional crack where dam fill settled about 0.6 m (2 ft) and pulled away from concrete spillway and north abutment of Austrian Dam.

Collapsed unreinforced-brick facade, Pacific Garden Mall.