That was one of my first memories and a totally wild experience as a young child in a hotel room on market st. I got to eat nothing but strawberry milk for about three days since since that was about all we could easily get, or so I remember.

https://www.britannica.com/event/San-Francisco-earthquake-of... - It was Oct 17, 1989

Slightly off. That was on Oct 17, 1989.