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The 1985 Mexico City earthquake struck in the early morning of 19 September at 07:17:50 (CST) with a moment magnitude of 8.0 and a maximal Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The event caused serious damage to the Greater Mexico City area and the deaths of at least 5,000 people.
The group was formally organized in February 1986, five months after the earthquake, in part because Mexico did not have any formal search and rescue training or services. [4] Since 1985, the Topos have assisted rescue and recovery efforts in over twenty-two countries. [1] On volunteers´uniforms one can see written where s/he has been to help. [3]
Today, the complex is smaller than it was and in a state of deterioration, mostly due to the effects and after effects of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. This quake caused the immediate collapse of the Nuevo León building with others being demolished in the months afterwards. Further earthquakes in 1993 caused the condemnation of more buildings.
The quake actually came about an hour after a nationwide earthquake simulation held today because of deadly earthquakes that happened on the same date in 1985, which killed as many as 10,000 ...
This stopped after the 1985 Mexico City earthquake exposed handcuffed bodies which had evidence of torture on them. [4] Today, the area around this plaza is semi-deserted outside of work hours and is considered to be a high-crime area. [2] The church itself has experienced break-ins. [5]
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Huge crowds filled Mexico City's main square on Sunday in support of the nation's electoral authority, accusing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of trying to weaken the ...
Mexico's anti-racist social movement has antecedents. The 1994 Zapatista uprising was billed as a revolution against neoliberalism, but also protested the marginalization of Indigenous communities.
Mexico lies within two seismically active earthquake zones. The Baja California peninsula lies near the boundary of the Pacific plate and the North American plate, while southern Mexico lies just north of the boundary between the North American plate and the Cocos and Rivera tectonic plates. The Cocos plate is subducting under the North ...