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Sep 19, 2011 · In Mexico City, 412 buildings collapsed and another 3,124 were seriously damaged. About 60 percent of the buildings were destroyed at Ciudad Guzman, Jalisco. The damage killed at least 9,500 ...
Jun 13, 2011 · On September 19, 1985, at 7:18 in the morning, the residents of Mexico City were jolted awake by an 8.1-magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest to ever hit the area. The effects of the quake were particularly devastating because of the type of ground upon which the city sits.
Nov 13, 2009 · On September 19, 1985, a powerful earthquake strikes Mexico City and leaves 10,000 people dead, 30,000 injured and thousands more homeless. At 7:18 in the morning, the residents of Mexico...
Sep 21, 2017 · -- ABC News reporter John Quinones, who covered the 1985 Mexico earthquake, reflects on the disaster, which killed thousands, in the wake of this week's quake exactly 32 years later. When I saw the breaking news headline, “Earthquake in Mexico City,” I felt a familiar pain in the pit of my stomach.
Sep 18, 2015 · Fri 18 Sep 2015 10.09 EDT. The devastation of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake was swift. In just over a minute – in the early hours of 19 September, while the city was still asleep –...
1985 Earthquake: A Tragedy That Changed History — Google Arts & Culture. By Archivo General de la Nación - México. Mexico is a country whose history is deeply tied to seismic events and...
1985: Mexico suffers devastating earthquake. A massive earthquake has hit Mexico not far from its capital, Mexico City, causing untold casualties and widespread damage. Officials say...
