A magnitude 7.1 earthquake has occurred 120 km SE of Mexico City collapsing buildings, homes, and bridges across hundreds of miles. Nearly 140 people had been reported killed across the country, but that figure was expected to climb as rescue and recovery proceeds. A car sits crushed, engulfed in a pile of rubble from a building felled by a 7.1 earthquake, in Jojutla, Morelos state, Mexico. The earthquake stunned central Mexico, killing at least 139 people as buildings collapsed in plumes of dust. (AP Photo/Carlos Rodriguez) Magnitude 7.1 PUEBLA, MEXICO Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at 18:14:39 UTC This earthquake occurred on the 32 nd anniversary of the devastating 1985 M8.0 Michoacan earthquake, which caused extensive damage to Mexico City and the surrounding region.
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A magnitude 7.1 earthquake has occurred 120 km
SE of Mexico City collapsing buildings, homes, and
bridges across hundreds of miles. Nearly 140
people had been reported killed across the country,
but that figure was expected to climb as rescue and
recovery proceeds.
A car sits crushed, engulfed in a pile of rubble
from a building felled by a 7.1 earthquake, in
Jojutla, Morelos state, Mexico. The
earthquake stunned central Mexico, killing at
least 139 people as buildings collapsed in
plumes of dust. (AP Photo/Carlos Rodriguez)
Magnitude 7.1 PUEBLA, MEXICOTuesday, September 19, 2017 at 18:14:39 UTC
This earthquake occurred on the
32nd anniversary of the
devastating 1985 M8.0 Michoacan
earthquake, which caused
extensive damage to Mexico City
and the surrounding region.
Mexico City is prone to major damage in
earthquakes because it sits on an old lake bed.
Portions of the city are built on young
unconsolidated sediments where seismic waves
are amplified. This earthquake caused heavy
and prolonged shaking in the capital. While
building standards have improved over the
years, there are many old buildings in the city.
Tenochtitlan- from The Broken Spears, Miguel León-Portilla
The capital of the Aztec empire
was Tenochtitlan, built on an
island in Lake Texcoco. Mexico
City was built by the Spanish on
the ruins of Tenochtitlan. Both
the Aztecs and the Spaniards
extended the island; the Aztecs
first to create fertile land for
planting, and the Spaniards
eventually draining the lake to
allow the city to grow.
Mexico City
Magnitude 7.1 PUEBLA, MEXICOTuesday, September 19, 2017 at 18:14:39 UTC
Exploring shaking intensity in Mexico City from the 1985 earthquake.