Government to Launch Seismic Warning System on Anniversary of 1985 Mexico City Quake Agencia EFE
go to original September 13, 2015

This video documents the health problems and relief efforts in the aftermath of the earthquakes of September 19 and 20, 1985. The first earthquake (8.1 in the Richter scale) left more than 10,000 people dead or missing and thousands more injured. (pahopin)

Mexico City's government conducted a test this weekend of the Seismic Warning System, which uses loudspeakers, in an effort to familiarize residents with the sound of alerts.

The system's 8,200 loudspeakers, located across the capital's 16 boroughs, emitted the alert at noon on Saturday. The public had been notified of the test to avoid a panic and no practice evacuations were conducted.

Mexico City's government plans to activate the Seismic Warning System on Sept. 19, the 30th anniversary of the temblor that devastated the capital.

A national earthquake simulation will be staged on that date, with 80,000 public employees, 26 government agencies and the Federal Police participating.

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