LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

San Francisco earthquake

Genre

Interview

TX Date

19 Oct 1989

Year of production

1989

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:03:38

Description

The aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake of magnitude 6.8, in which at least 271 people lost their lives, is now becoming clearer. Patrick Cox is a British journalist living in Oakland across the bay from San Francisco. He tells James Matthews about how people are turning their thoughts to re-building their lives and the feeling of solidarity amongst the residents. Audio level low.

Contributors

James Matthews; Patrick Cox

Keywords

USA; Earthquakes; Deaths; San Francisco

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.