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Mexico City earthquake of 1985, severe earthquake that occurred on September 19, 1985, off the coast of the Mexican state of Michoacán, causing widespread death and injuries and catastrophic damage in Mexico’s capital, Mexico City. Map depicting the epicentre of the earthquake that devastated Mexico City on Sept. 19, 1985.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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)
Nov 9, 2009 · At around 7:19 a.m. on September 19, 1985, Mexico City, one of the world’s largest urban areas, was jolted by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake, one of the strongest to ever hit the area. The quake...
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 ...
Sep 19, 2008 · The epicenter was located approximately six miles offshore near the town of Zihuatanejo in the state of Michoacan. Although there was severe damage in the coastal regions, the real disaster happened 220 miles away in Mexico City.
Nov 7, 2017 · The September 19, 1985 M8.1 earthquake west of Michoacán, Mexico, due to shallow subduction of Cocos plate beneath the North American plate. This mega-thrust inverse faulting event broke about 200 km along the boundary of the Mexican subduction zone in the Pacific coast of Michoacán.
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.
