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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.
[1] [2] The earthquake killed 13 people and injured at least 23 others. At least 1.6 million people in Mexico were affected by the earthquake which resulted in localized severe damage. The earthquake occurred on the anniversary of the 2017 Chiapas earthquake which measured M w 8.2. [4]
Three decades after the 1985 earthquake in Mexico hundreds of its victims are still living in hovels in encampments across the city. In Mexican slum, a decades-long wait for quake relief Skip to ...
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 ...
A powerful earthquake that struck near Acapulco, Mexico, on September 7, caused damage in the resort city and led to blackouts and flickering lights as far away as Mexico City.Video shows the ...
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck western Mexico on Sept. 19, shaking buildings hundreds of miles away in Mexico City and triggering earthquake alarms, which sent people spilling out into the streets.
After 150 hours of work, the last of seven bodies of coal miners trapped for a week in Múzquiz Municipality, Coahuila, is found. [84] June 11 – Texas governor Greg Abbott says he will build a wall along the Texas-Mexico border, including the states of Chihuauhua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas. Undocumented immigrants will be arrested ...
T he U.S. Tsunami Warning Center said a tsunami was possible only along parts of the Mexican coastline within about 200 miles of the quake epicenter.