The strongest earthquake to hit the Bay Area in decades took place Oct. 17, 1989 when the magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta quake shook the area, killing more than 50 people and causing billions of dollars in damage,

Here is a place for you to offer what you remember from when the earthquake hit at 5:04 p.m. and your memories from after the quake.

For me, I had an apartment on Fillmore Street between Chestnut and Bay in the Marina District of San Francisco.

The photo most used by media outlets as the 20th anniversary of the quake is talked about — and the static image used in the video above — is of the collapsed apartment building at Fillmore and Bay, just four buildings down from mine.

I watched all of this take place while at my family's home in Los Angeles, seeing televised images of the collapsed Cypress Structure, the World Series fans wondering what the heck took place, and then images of plumes of smoke rising from the far northwern portion of the city.

That was the Marina District, my area, and as the night went on, the images were of how my neighborhood was one of the hardest hit.

I could go on and on about what my thoughts were at that time, but this is your forum to talk about what you felt, saw and how Loma Prieta impacted you.