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  5. IMAGO International History, Mexico City earthquake, 40th anniversary on 19 September

IMAGO International History, Mexico City earthquake, 40th anniversary on 19 September

Sep 19, 2025

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  • Earthquake in Mexico Sep 19, 1985 - Mexico City, Mexico - A magnitude 8.1 earthquake occurred off the Pacific coast of Mexico. The damage was concentrated in a 25 km 2 area of Mexico City, 350 km from the epicenter. The underlying geology and geologic history of Mexico City contributed to this unusual concentration of damage at a distance from the epicenter. Of a population of 18 million, an estimated 10,000 people were killed, and 50,000 were injured. In addition, 250,000 people lost their homes and property damage amounted to billion. PICTURED: Damage caused by a earthquake Copyright: xMarioxRuizx

    Earthquake in Mexico Sep 19, 1985 - Mexico City, Mexico - A magnitude 8.1 earthquake occurred off the Pacific coast of Mexico. The damage was concentrated in a 25 km 2 area of Mexico City, 350 km from the epicenter. The underlying geology and geologic history of Mexico City contributed to this unusual concentration of damage at a distance from the epicenter. Of a population of 18 million, an estimated 10,000 people were killed, and 50,000 were injured. In addition, 250,000 people lost their homes and property damage amounted to billion. PICTURED: Damage caused by a earthquake Copyright: xMarioxRuizx

  • Earthquake in Mexico Sep 19, 1985 - Mexico City, Mexico - A magnitude 8.1 earthquake occurred off the Pacific coast of Mexico. The damage was concentrated in a 25 km 2 area of Mexico City, 350 km from the epicenter. The underlying geology and geologic history of Mexico City contributed to this unusual concentration of damage at a distance from the epicenter. Of a population of 18 million, an estimated 10,000 people were killed, and 50,000 were injured. In addition, 250,000 people lost their homes and property damage amounted to billion. PICTURED: Damage caused by a earthquake Copyright: xMarioxRuizx

    Earthquake in Mexico Sep 19, 1985 - Mexico City, Mexico - A magnitude 8.1 earthquake occurred off the Pacific coast of Mexico. The damage was concentrated in a 25 km 2 area of Mexico City, 350 km from the epicenter. The underlying geology and geologic history of Mexico City contributed to this unusual concentration of damage at a distance from the epicenter. Of a population of 18 million, an estimated 10,000 people were killed, and 50,000 were injured. In addition, 250,000 people lost their homes and property damage amounted to billion. PICTURED: Damage caused by a earthquake Copyright: xMarioxRuizx

  • Earthquake in Mexico Sep 19, 1985 - Mexico City, Mexico - A magnitude 8.1 earthquake occurred off the Pacific coast of Mexico. The damage was concentrated in a 25 km 2 area of Mexico City, 350 km from the epicenter. The underlying geology and geologic history of Mexico City contributed to this unusual concentration of damage at a distance from the epicenter. Of a population of 18 million, an estimated 10,000 people were killed, and 50,000 were injured. In addition, 250,000 people lost their homes and property damage amounted to billion. PICTURED: Damage caused by a earthquake Copyright: xMarioxRuizx

    Earthquake in Mexico Sep 19, 1985 - Mexico City, Mexico - A magnitude 8.1 earthquake occurred off the Pacific coast of Mexico. The damage was concentrated in a 25 km 2 area of Mexico City, 350 km from the epicenter. The underlying geology and geologic history of Mexico City contributed to this unusual concentration of damage at a distance from the epicenter. Of a population of 18 million, an estimated 10,000 people were killed, and 50,000 were injured. In addition, 250,000 people lost their homes and property damage amounted to billion. PICTURED: Damage caused by a earthquake Copyright: xMarioxRuizx

  • Earthquake in Mexico Sep 19, 1985 - Mexico City, Mexico - A magnitude 8.1 earthquake occurred off the Pacific coast of Mexico. The damage was concentrated in a 25 km 2 area of Mexico City, 350 km from the epicenter. The underlying geology and geologic history of Mexico City contributed to this unusual concentration of damage at a distance from the epicenter. Of a population of 18 million, an estimated 10,000 people were killed, and 50,000 were injured. In addition, 250,000 people lost their homes and property damage amounted to billion. PICTURED: Damage caused by a earthquake Copyright: xMarioxRuizx

    Earthquake in Mexico Sep 19, 1985 - Mexico City, Mexico - A magnitude 8.1 earthquake occurred off the Pacific coast of Mexico. The damage was concentrated in a 25 km 2 area of Mexico City, 350 km from the epicenter. The underlying geology and geologic history of Mexico City contributed to this unusual concentration of damage at a distance from the epicenter. Of a population of 18 million, an estimated 10,000 people were killed, and 50,000 were injured. In addition, 250,000 people lost their homes and property damage amounted to billion. PICTURED: Damage caused by a earthquake Copyright: xMarioxRuizx

  • Earthquake in Mexico Sep 19, 1985 - Mexico City, Mexico - A magnitude 8.1 earthquake occurred off the Pacific coast of Mexico. The damage was concentrated in a 25 km 2 area of Mexico City, 350 km from the epicenter. The underlying geology and geologic history of Mexico City contributed to this unusual concentration of damage at a distance from the epicenter. Of a population of 18 million, an estimated 10,000 people were killed, and 50,000 were injured. In addition, 250,000 people lost their homes and property damage amounted to billion. PICTURED: Mexicans try to save a live Copyright: xMarioxRuizx

    Earthquake in Mexico Sep 19, 1985 - Mexico City, Mexico - A magnitude 8.1 earthquake occurred off the Pacific coast of Mexico. The damage was concentrated in a 25 km 2 area of Mexico City, 350 km from the epicenter. The underlying geology and geologic history of Mexico City contributed to this unusual concentration of damage at a distance from the epicenter. Of a population of 18 million, an estimated 10,000 people were killed, and 50,000 were injured. In addition, 250,000 people lost their homes and property damage amounted to billion. PICTURED: Mexicans try to save a live Copyright: xMarioxRuizx

  • Digging graves after earthquake Mexico City 1985 Digging graves after earthquake Mexico City 1985 Copyright: RDB SI FelixxAeberli 1032_16_RDB00035958

    Digging graves after earthquake Mexico City 1985 Digging graves after earthquake Mexico City 1985 Copyright: RDB SI FelixxAeberli 1032_16_RDB00035958

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Earthquake. Earthquake Mexico City 1985. Copyright: RDB SI FelixxAeberli 1032_05_RDB00015751

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Earthquake. Earthquake Mexico City 1985. Copyright: RDB SI FelixxAeberli 1032_05_RDB00015751

  • September 19, 2024, Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico: As traditional, an earthquake simulation was held in Mexico City on 19 September to commemorate the two fatal events of 1985 and 2017. All units of the integrated system participated in the general exercise, simulating a real earthquake. Mexico City Mexico - ZUMA 20240919_int_l190_004 Copyright: xVaclavxLangx

    September 19, 2024, Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico: As traditional, an earthquake simulation was held in Mexico City on 19 September to commemorate the two fatal events of 1985 and 2017. All units of the integrated system participated in the general exercise, simulating a real earthquake. Mexico City Mexico - ZUMA 20240919_int_l190_004 Copyright: xVaclavxLangx

  • September 19, 2024, Mexico, Mexico, USA: President Andro s Manuel Lo³pez Obrador and President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum pose during the half-mast raising prior to the the anniversary of the September 19 Earthquakes on Thursday, September 19, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. On September 19, 1985 an 8.1 magnitude earthquake with epicenter in the State of Michoacan, caused severe damages in various cities, mainly in the capital of the country, Mexico City. 32 years later on the same day of 2017, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the central part of the nation, including Mexico City. OCTAVIO GOMEZ PINA PI Mexico USA - ZUMAp124 20240919_zaa_p124_001 Copyright: xOctavioxGomezxPinax

    September 19, 2024, Mexico, Mexico, USA: President Andro s Manuel Lo³pez Obrador and President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum pose during the half-mast raising prior to the the anniversary of the September 19 Earthquakes on Thursday, September 19, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. On September 19, 1985 an 8.1 magnitude earthquake with epicenter in the State of Michoacan, caused severe damages in various cities, mainly in the capital of the country, Mexico City. 32 years later on the same day of 2017, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the central part of the nation, including Mexico City. OCTAVIO GOMEZ PINA PI Mexico USA - ZUMAp124 20240919_zaa_p124_001 Copyright: xOctavioxGomezxPinax

  • September 19, 2023, Mexico City, Mexico: Colonists of the Nuevo Leon building (collapsed in the 1985 earthquake) and the Nonoalco Tlatelolco Housing Unit commemorate the 38 years of the earthquake and remember those who died in the tragedy in Mexico City. on September 19, 2023 in Mexico City, Mexico Mexico City Mexico - ZUMAe321 20230919_zia_e321_014 Copyright: xLuisxBarronx

    September 19, 2023, Mexico City, Mexico: Colonists of the Nuevo Leon building (collapsed in the 1985 earthquake) and the Nonoalco Tlatelolco Housing Unit commemorate the 38 years of the earthquake and remember those who died in the tragedy in Mexico City. on September 19, 2023 in Mexico City, Mexico Mexico City Mexico - ZUMAe321 20230919_zia_e321_014 Copyright: xLuisxBarronx

  • Mexiko Erdbeben-Katastrophe in Mexiko, Copyright: SvenxSimon Nur redaktionelle Nutzung. Editorial usage only. UnitedArchivesIMS_3197101F EDITORIAL USE ONLY

    Mexiko Erdbeben-Katastrophe in Mexiko, Copyright: SvenxSimon Nur redaktionelle Nutzung. Editorial usage only. UnitedArchivesIMS_3197101F EDITORIAL USE ONLY

  • Mexico City Earthquake of September 19 1985 broke this modern eight-story building in two. The magnitude 8.1 earthquake lasted for two minutes and killed approximately 10 000 people. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL030 EC080

    Mexico City Earthquake of September 19 1985 broke this modern eight-story building in two. The magnitude 8.1 earthquake lasted for two minutes and killed approximately 10 000 people. Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL030 EC080

  • Earthquake. Mexico City - 19 Sept 1985. Copyright: FrancoisxGohier 10850478

    Earthquake. Mexico City - 19 Sept 1985. Copyright: FrancoisxGohier 10850478

  • September 19, 2018 - Mexico City, DF, Mexico - Victims and relatives of victims commemorate the first anniversary of the Earthquake in Mexico, where thousands of people lost their lives. With flowers and candles they pay homage. On September 19, 2017, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake in the state of Morelos caused more than 40 buildings to collapse, killing 370. The disaster occurred exactly 32 years after an 8.1 magnitude earthquake hit Mexico in 1985. Mexico City Mexico - ZUMAn230 20180919_zaa_n230_1000 Copyright: xJairxCabrerax

    September 19, 2018 - Mexico City, DF, Mexico - Victims and relatives of victims commemorate the first anniversary of the Earthquake in Mexico, where thousands of people lost their lives. With flowers and candles they pay homage. On September 19, 2017, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake in the state of Morelos caused more than 40 buildings to collapse, killing 370. The disaster occurred exactly 32 years after an 8.1 magnitude earthquake hit Mexico in 1985. Mexico City Mexico - ZUMAn230 20180919_zaa_n230_1000 Copyright: xJairxCabrerax

  • epa07032277 Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (C) heads the ceremony of raising the flag of the country during a tribute to the victims of the devastating earthquakes that, 32 years apart, on 19 September shook the country in 1985 and 2017, in Mexico City, Mexico, 19 September 2018. Tribute to the victims of the devastating earthquakes of 1985 and 2017 !ACHTUNG: NUR REDAKTIONELLE NUTZUNG! Copyright: xJOSExMENDEZx MEX02 20180919-636729712016994184

    epa07032277 Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (C) heads the ceremony of raising the flag of the country during a tribute to the victims of the devastating earthquakes that, 32 years apart, on 19 September shook the country in 1985 and 2017, in Mexico City, Mexico, 19 September 2018. Tribute to the victims of the devastating earthquakes of 1985 and 2017 !ACHTUNG: NUR REDAKTIONELLE NUTZUNG! Copyright: xJOSExMENDEZx MEX02 20180919-636729712016994184

  • September 19, 2017 - Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico, MEXICO - A powerful 7.1 earthquake strikes Mexico City on Tuesday September 19, 2017 collapsing buildings and sending thousands of people fleeing into the streets exactly 32 years in the aniversary of the 1985 devastating earthquake. Ciudad De Mexico MEXICO - ZUMAp124 20170919_zaa_p124_016 Copyright: xJosexLunax

    September 19, 2017 - Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico, MEXICO - A powerful 7.1 earthquake strikes Mexico City on Tuesday September 19, 2017 collapsing buildings and sending thousands of people fleeing into the streets exactly 32 years in the aniversary of the 1985 devastating earthquake. Ciudad De Mexico MEXICO - ZUMAp124 20170919_zaa_p124_016 Copyright: xJosexLunax

  • September 19, 2017 - Mexico City, Mexico City, MX - Mexico City, Mexico - People run in the streets after a powerful earthquake jolted Mexico City today. A magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook central Mexico on Tuesday, collapsing some buildings and scattering rubble on the streets on the anniversary of a strong 1985 quake. Mexico City MX - ZUMAa136 20170919_zap_a136_030 Copyright: xJoelxAlvarezx

    September 19, 2017 - Mexico City, Mexico City, MX - Mexico City, Mexico - People run in the streets after a powerful earthquake jolted Mexico City today. A magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook central Mexico on Tuesday, collapsing some buildings and scattering rubble on the streets on the anniversary of a strong 1985 quake. Mexico City MX - ZUMAa136 20170919_zap_a136_030 Copyright: xJoelxAlvarezx

  • (160920) -- MEXICO CITY, Sept. 19, 2016 -- A ceremony is held in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on Sept. 19, 2016 to mark the 31st anniversary of the 1985 8.1-magnitude earthquake killing thousands of people. ) (da) (vf) MEXICO-MEXICO CITY-EARTHQUAKE COMMEMORATION STR

    (160920) -- MEXICO CITY, Sept. 19, 2016 -- A ceremony is held in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on Sept. 19, 2016 to mark the 31st anniversary of the 1985 8.1-magnitude earthquake killing thousands of people. ) (da) (vf) MEXICO-MEXICO CITY-EARTHQUAKE COMMEMORATION STR

  • Sept 17, 2010 - Mexico City, Mexico - 1985 Mexico Earthquake Anniversary - Buildings that had been between 5 and 21 floors high did not resist the oscillating movements that occurred on the morning of the 19th September, 1985. In the image the Regis Hotel. FILE PHOTO. MƒXICO, D.F. Aniversario-Sismo-1985.- Edificaciones que ten’an entre 5 y 21 pisos no resistieron los movimientos oscilatorios aquella ma–ana del 19 de septiembre de 1985. RML. Foto: Archivo Agencia EL UNIVERSAL - ZUMAu78_

    Sept 17, 2010 - Mexico City, Mexico - 1985 Mexico Earthquake Anniversary - Buildings that had been between 5 and 21 floors high did not resist the oscillating movements that occurred on the morning of the 19th September, 1985. In the image the Regis Hotel. FILE PHOTO. MƒXICO, D.F. Aniversario-Sismo-1985.- Edificaciones que ten’an entre 5 y 21 pisos no resistieron los movimientos oscilatorios aquella ma–ana del 19 de septiembre de 1985. RML. Foto: Archivo Agencia EL UNIVERSAL - ZUMAu78_

  • Sept 17, 2010 - Mexico City, Mexico - 1985 Mexico Earthquake Anniversary - Buildings that had been between 5 and 21 floors high did not resist the oscillating movements that occurred on the morning of the 19th September, 1985. in the image, the Nuevo Leon building in Tlatelolco. FILE PHOTO. MƒXICO, D.F. Aniversario-Sismo-1985.- Edificaciones que ten’an entre 5 y 21 pisos no resistieron los movimientos oscilatorios aquella ma–ana del 19 de septiembre de 1985. RML. Foto: en la imagen, el edificio Nuevo Le—n en Tlatelolco. Agencia EL UNIVERSAL - ZUMAu78_

    Sept 17, 2010 - Mexico City, Mexico - 1985 Mexico Earthquake Anniversary - Buildings that had been between 5 and 21 floors high did not resist the oscillating movements that occurred on the morning of the 19th September, 1985. in the image, the Nuevo Leon building in Tlatelolco. FILE PHOTO. MƒXICO, D.F. Aniversario-Sismo-1985.- Edificaciones que ten’an entre 5 y 21 pisos no resistieron los movimientos oscilatorios aquella ma–ana del 19 de septiembre de 1985. RML. Foto: en la imagen, el edificio Nuevo Le—n en Tlatelolco. Agencia EL UNIVERSAL - ZUMAu78_

  • Sept 17, 2010 - Mexico City, Mexico - 1985 Mexico Earthquake Anniversary - Buildings that had been between 5 and 21 floors high did not resist the oscillating movements that occurred on the morning of the 19th September, 1985. FILE PHOTO. MƒXICO, D.F. Aniversario-Sismo-1985.- Edificaciones que ten’an entre 5 y 21 pisos no resistieron los movimientos oscilatorios aquella ma–ana del 19 de septiembre de 1985. RML. Foto: Archivo Agencia EL UNIVERSAL - ZUMAu78_

    Sept 17, 2010 - Mexico City, Mexico - 1985 Mexico Earthquake Anniversary - Buildings that had been between 5 and 21 floors high did not resist the oscillating movements that occurred on the morning of the 19th September, 1985. FILE PHOTO. MƒXICO, D.F. Aniversario-Sismo-1985.- Edificaciones que ten’an entre 5 y 21 pisos no resistieron los movimientos oscilatorios aquella ma–ana del 19 de septiembre de 1985. RML. Foto: Archivo Agencia EL UNIVERSAL - ZUMAu78_

  • Sept. 19, 2011 - Mexico - G19091111.JPG.MÆ’XICO, D.F.-Earthquake Sismo-1985. Aspecto de la Plaza de la Solidaridad donde la ma ana de este lunes se realiz una ceremonia conmemorativa para recordar a las v™ctimas del sismo que en 1985 sacudi a la Ciudad de MŽxico. EGV. Foto: Agencia EL UNIVERSAL Esperanza Orea Romero. - ZUMAu78_

    Sept. 19, 2011 - Mexico - G19091111.JPG.MÆ’XICO, D.F.-Earthquake Sismo-1985. Aspecto de la Plaza de la Solidaridad donde la ma ana de este lunes se realiz una ceremonia conmemorativa para recordar a las v™ctimas del sismo que en 1985 sacudi a la Ciudad de MŽxico. EGV. Foto: Agencia EL UNIVERSAL Esperanza Orea Romero. - ZUMAu78_

  • Mexico - D.F. Das Erdbeben von 1985 beschädigte das Hochhaus Nuevo Leon in Nonoalco Tlatelolco so sehr, dass es abgerissen werden musste. Foto: Archivo Agencia EL UNIVERSAL RML Mexico - ZUMAu78

    Mexico - D.F. Das Erdbeben von 1985 beschädigte das Hochhaus Nuevo Leon in Nonoalco Tlatelolco so sehr, dass es abgerissen werden musste. Foto: Archivo Agencia EL UNIVERSAL RML Mexico - ZUMAu78

  • (120919) -- MEXICO CITY, Sept. 19, 2012 (Xinhua) -- Soldiers of the Mexican Army participate in the ceremony of the national flag raising at half mast, in memory of the victims of the earthquake of 1985, in the Zocalo Square of Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on Sept. 19, 2012. (Xinhua Pedro Mera) MEXICO-MEXICO CITY-EARTHQUAKE-ANNIVERSARY

    (120919) -- MEXICO CITY, Sept. 19, 2012 (Xinhua) -- Soldiers of the Mexican Army participate in the ceremony of the national flag raising at half mast, in memory of the victims of the earthquake of 1985, in the Zocalo Square of Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on Sept. 19, 2012. (Xinhua Pedro Mera) MEXICO-MEXICO CITY-EARTHQUAKE-ANNIVERSARY

  • Erdbeben von 1985 in Mexiko Stadt : Bergungsarbeiten

    Erdbeben von 1985 in Mexiko Stadt : Bergungsarbeiten

  • Erdbeben von 1985 in Mexiko Stadt : obdachlose Bevölkerung

    Erdbeben von 1985 in Mexiko Stadt : obdachlose Bevölkerung

  • Erdbeben von 1985 in Mexiko Stadt : Bergungsarbeiten

    Erdbeben von 1985 in Mexiko Stadt : Bergungsarbeiten

  • Erdbeben von 1985 in Mexiko Stadt : Bergungsarbeiten

    Erdbeben von 1985 in Mexiko Stadt : Bergungsarbeiten

  • Erdbeben von 1985 in Mexiko Stadt : zerstörtes Gebäude

    Erdbeben von 1985 in Mexiko Stadt : zerstörtes Gebäude

  • Erdbeben von 1985 in Mexiko Stadt : Bergungsarbeiten

    Erdbeben von 1985 in Mexiko Stadt : Bergungsarbeiten

  • Erdbeben von 1985 in Mexiko Stadt : Desinfektion der Handschuhe der Rettungskräfte

    Erdbeben von 1985 in Mexiko Stadt : Desinfektion der Handschuhe der Rettungskräfte

  • Erdbeben von 1985 in Mexiko Stadt : Bergungsarbeiten

    Erdbeben von 1985 in Mexiko Stadt : Bergungsarbeiten

  • Erdbeben von 1985 in Mexiko Stadt : LKW in den Trümmern

    Erdbeben von 1985 in Mexiko Stadt : LKW in den Trümmern

  • Flagge auf Halbmast während der Trauerfeierlichkeiten für die Erdbebenopfer zum 23. Jahrestag der Erdbebenkatastrophe von 1985 in Mexiko-Stadt -

    Flagge auf Halbmast während der Trauerfeierlichkeiten für die Erdbebenopfer zum 23. Jahrestag der Erdbebenkatastrophe von 1985 in Mexiko-Stadt -

  • Trauerfeierlichkeiten für die Erdbebenopfer zum 23. Jahrestag der Erdbebenkatastrophe von 1985 in Mexiko-Stadt -

    Trauerfeierlichkeiten für die Erdbebenopfer zum 23. Jahrestag der Erdbebenkatastrophe von 1985 in Mexiko-Stadt -

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