Earthquake — Mexico: Michoacan: Mexico City

When

19 Sep 1985

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

8.1

Where

Mexico

Coordinates

18.19° N, 102.53° W

Deaths

9500

Injuries

30000

Damage musd

4000

Intensity mmi

9

Depth km

28

Earthquake in Mexico

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.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “An 8.0 earthquake strikes Mexico City, killing between 5,000 and 45,000 people and injuring 30,000 more”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Mexiko-Stadt, Mexiko”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “violent tremblement de terre au Mexique, de magnitude 8,0, faisant de à morts, principalement à Mexico, à de l’épicentre”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “землетрясение силой 8,1 балла в Мехико”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A las 7:17 h se registra un terremoto de 8,1 en Río Balsas (límite natural entre los estados de Michoacán y Guerrero)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “メキシコでマグニチュード8.1の巨大地震、メキシコシティ付近を中心に大被害、9千人以上死亡、3万人以上がけが、9万人以上が家屋を失う被害（メキシコ地震）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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