September 19 1985: Mexico City Quake Remembered PVNN
September 19, 2012

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)

At 7:19 a.m. September 19, 1985, the first of two devastating earthquakes ravaged Mexico City, the world's largest metropolis area. The first quake that measured 7.8 on the Richter scale and a second 36 hours later that measured 7.3 left about 10,000 dead, 40,000 injured and thousands homeless. Most of the fatalities came from the first quake. The two temblors, both centered about 250 miles west of Mexico City, triggered fires and trapped thousands in the rubble.

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