Loma Prieta
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Loma Prieta is a prominent peak in California’s Santa Cruz Mountains, best known for lending its name to the devastating 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Loma Prieta canonical | 1 |
| Loma Prieta, Santa Cruz Mountains | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2148681 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Loma Prieta Context triple: [Santa Cruz Mountains, highestPoint, Loma Prieta]
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1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake was a powerful magnitude 6.9 quake in Northern California that caused widespread damage in the San Francisco Bay Area, including freeway collapses and the disruption of the World Series.
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1906 San Francisco earthquake
The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was a devastating magnitude 7.8 seismic event that struck Northern California, causing widespread destruction and fires that nearly leveled San Francisco and became one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history.
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1992 Cape Mendocino earthquakes
The 1992 Cape Mendocino earthquakes were a sequence of powerful offshore quakes near Northern California that caused significant shaking, damage, and a small tsunami along the Pacific coast.
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1185 Lincoln earthquake
The 1185 Lincoln earthquake was a significant medieval seismic event in England that caused extensive damage in the city of Lincoln and led to major reconstruction of Lincoln Cathedral.
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Quakes
Quakes is the commonly used nickname for the Major League Soccer club San Jose Earthquakes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Loma Prieta Target entity description: Loma Prieta is a prominent peak in California’s Santa Cruz Mountains, best known for lending its name to the devastating 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
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A.
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake was a powerful magnitude 6.9 quake in Northern California that caused widespread damage in the San Francisco Bay Area, including freeway collapses and the disruption of the World Series.
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B.
1906 San Francisco earthquake
The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was a devastating magnitude 7.8 seismic event that struck Northern California, causing widespread destruction and fires that nearly leveled San Francisco and became one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history.
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C.
1992 Cape Mendocino earthquakes
The 1992 Cape Mendocino earthquakes were a sequence of powerful offshore quakes near Northern California that caused significant shaking, damage, and a small tsunami along the Pacific coast.
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D.
1185 Lincoln earthquake
The 1185 Lincoln earthquake was a significant medieval seismic event in England that caused extensive damage in the city of Lincoln and led to major reconstruction of Lincoln Cathedral.
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E.
Quakes
Quakes is the commonly used nickname for the Major League Soccer club San Jose Earthquakes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical feature
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mountain peak ⓘ |
| access | limited public access near summit ⓘ |
| approximateLatitude | 37.115° N ⓘ |
| approximateLongitude | 121.843° W ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake ⓘ |
| climate | Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | WGS84 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| county |
Santa Clara County
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Santa Cruz County, California ⓘ
surface form:
Santa Cruz County
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| elevation |
1154 meters
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3786 feet ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | near the San Andreas Fault ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
private property on and around the summit area
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telecommunications facilities on or near the summit ⓘ |
| hasPeakType | summit ⓘ |
| isHighestPointOf | Santa Cruz Mountains ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Santa Cruz Mountains ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| mapFeature | USGS topographic maps of the area ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Santa Cruz Mountains ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Spanish phrase "Loma Prieta" ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | "dark hill" in Spanish ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Los Gatos, California
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Santa Cruz, California ⓘ |
| nearbyProtectedArea | Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the highest peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains
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lending its name to the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake ⓘ |
| overlooks |
Monterey Bay region
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Santa Clara Valley ⓘ |
| partOf | Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ |
| proximityTo | San Andreas Fault ⓘ |
| region | San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| regionType | coastal mountain range interior ⓘ |
| relativeLocation |
in the South Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area
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south of San Jose, California ⓘ |
| seismologicalSignificance | close to epicentral region of 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| topographicProminence |
approximately 1070 feet
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approximately 326 meters ⓘ |
| vegetation |
chaparral
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mixed evergreen forest ⓘ |
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Subject: Loma Prieta Description of subject: Loma Prieta is a prominent peak in California’s Santa Cruz Mountains, best known for lending its name to the devastating 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.