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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.
- 5,000–45,000 dead, 30,000 injured
- $5 billion (1985 USD)
The magnitude-8.0 quake occurred at 7:18 am.Many sources place the location of the epicentre in the state of Michoacán—approximately 200 miles (320 km) from Mexico City—in a region of tectonic tension between the North American Plate and the subducting Cocos Plate.
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Nov 9, 2009 · The powerful earthquake killed more than 10,000 and left another 30,000 others injured and as many as a quarter of a million people homeless. At around 7:19 a.m. on September 19, 1985, Mexico City ...
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Sep 19, 1995 · Whatever the long-term impact, something extraordinary did happen at 7:19 A.M. on Sept. 19, 1985, when one of this century's most powerful earthquakes, measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale ...
Sep 19, 2011 · The collapsed General Hospital in Mexico City after the earthquake struck. (Image credit: USGS) On this day in 1985, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake rocked Mexico City and its surrounding environs at 9 ...
Mexico is a country whose history is deeply tied to seismic events and this is seen in texts from ancient civilizations before the conquest. The information regarding these events before the 20th Century in Mexico are practically non-existent. During the start of the 20th Century, two earthquakes were registered.
The 1985 Mexico City earthquake struck in the early morning of 19 September at 07:17:50 with a moment magnitude of 8.0 and a maximal Mercalli intensity of IX . The event caused serious damage to the Greater Mexico City area and the deaths of at least 5,000 people. The sequence of events included a foreshock of magnitude 5.2 that occurred the prior May, the main shock on 19 September, and two ...
