On the morning of September 19 and again on the afternoon of September 19, Mexico City fell victim to the forces of nature. two earthquakesone in 1985 and the other in 2017, shook the country's capital, changing its urban planning and the lives of its residents.
39 years ago, at 7:17 in the morning, in the middle of the morning chaos of the start of school and the start of work, a tragedy occurred.
On that occasion, the epicenter In the Pacific Ocean, on the coast of Michoacán, near the mouth of the Balsas River, at a depth of about 15 kilometers, with a magnitude of 8.1 percent and a duration of four minutes, it caused thousands of deaths and injuries, and Mexico City looked like a war zone.
What buildings were damaged by the 1985 earthquake?
The area of the historic center, Colonia Roma and Tlatelolco They were one of the main colonies that suffered heavy damage. One of the most representative buildings still remembered was the Nuevo León, in the residential complex of Nonoalco Tlatelolco.
A quarter of a century after the earthquakea Japanese investigation determined how the building shook and that the apartment building collapsed due to, among other things, its poor design and poor preservation conditions.
Another emblematic place that could not withstand the wrath of the earth the Regis Hotel, it is located in front of the Palace of Fine Arts, which collapsed causing the death of 74 people.
At least five buildings are located on Avenida CuauhtémocAround Huatabampo, Antonio M. Anza and Orizaba suffered severe damage and were demolished to become the Ramón López Velarde Garden.
Similarly, another memory that remains in the memory of Mexicans is the Televisa building in the Balderas area, on which its transmission antenna fell.
What damage did the 2017 earthquake cause?
Like a bad joke of fate, on September 19, 2017, Two hours after the national exercise, another earthquake shook central Mexico, causing significant damage primarily in Morelos, Puebla, Mexico State, Guerrero and Mexico City.
228 people died in the nation's capital after being trapped inside iconic buildings. One was that Álvaro Obregón 286, in the neighborhood of Roma Norte.
Apart from this location, other buildings that collapsed due to the earthquake and are best remembered for the number of fatalities were at the corner of Amsterdam and Laredo, the Hipódromo Condesa, Puebla and San Luis Potosí. the sewing workshop of Colonia Obrera or Multifamiliare in Tlalpani.
The one that left the most hurt and outrage Rebsamen Schoolin Colonia Coapa, where 19 children and seven adults died.
39 and seven years after both earthquakes, the pain remains, and the nervousness of another earthquake hitting Mexico City.
