The USGS says it was a 7.1 magnitude quake located about 75 miles southeast of Mexico City. It’s still too early for any detailed damage assessment but video shared on social media shows the city suffered some major damage including collapsed buildings. This video appears to offer an overview of the city immediately after the quake.
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/910216147949244416
Here’s another clip showing an overview from above:
Sismo de 7.1 sacude la ciudad de #México pic.twitter.com/kZ2J5sppF8
— Galo Baird (@GaloBairdTV) September 19, 2017
For the most part, that’s not smoke rising into the air, it’s dust raised by the collapse (or partial collapse) of buildings. Fox News aired this next clip. It shows a facade on one side of this building collapsing and raising a cloud of dust. As you can hear, people watching are terrified:
https://twitter.com/BreakingNNow/status/910215316575281152
Another partial collapse:
#Mexico
Terremoto 7.1 pic.twitter.com/jnAOce21Wq— Minutos 🖕 (@Kill_Walking) September 19, 2017
Here’s another clip showing buildings shaking as the quake hit:
BREAKING: Moment earthquake #Mexico started caught on tape: pic.twitter.com/KdfIoTyYZs
— Breaking News (@BreakWatcher) September 19, 2017
Watch the red building:
Geçmiş olsun Mexico! 👊🏽 #Deprem pic.twitter.com/qVk733Ik1x
— Tribun Dergi (@tribundergi) September 19, 2017
Not all of the buildings remained standing. This clip is being widely shared on Twitter:
Retweeted Daniel Torres (@ninjaciego):
Earthquake in Mexico City 😞 pic.twitter.com/A2mCXgUboZ https://t.co/Eifd4AJRt2
— Lucy (@Runaway_Lucy) September 19, 2017
WATCH: Dramatic video shows the moment a building collapsed after the earthquake in central Mexico pic.twitter.com/1c44E2sisw
— BNO News (@BNONews) September 19, 2017
A collapsed store:
Video shows collapsed store in Mexico City after 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit the area pic.twitter.com/qMso4H9uO6
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 19, 2017
There was also an explosion of some kind:
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/910223947932848129
This clip shows people packed into a hallway during the earthquake:
Así se sintió el sismo de hoy en México. Esto es en un piso 38 pic.twitter.com/BUVMKRBuDs
— Sergio Novelli (@SergioNovelli) September 19, 2017
This apparently comes from a tourist destination in the city:
Footage from the tourist place in mexico during earthquake.#earthquake #mexicoearthquake pic.twitter.com/aTrtyR0UVl
— Venky (@Venky2833) September 19, 2017
After the quake most people just stayed in the street:
People in Mexico City flooded the streets after a powerful earthquake shook central Mexico during business hours. pic.twitter.com/exzZ6V6nyS
— AJ+ (@ajplus) September 19, 2017
Thousands of people fill Paseo de la Reforma after evacuating from their buildings after earthquake in Mexico City region. pic.twitter.com/h0jSq4Y2oL
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) September 19, 2017
From Reuters:
Mexico City mayor says some people are trapped inside burning buildings after earthquake https://t.co/ioGnSXZICv pic.twitter.com/cha4JSkaS0
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 19, 2017
Some photos of the damage:
More photos of the earthquake in Mexico City https://t.co/MEZ3ZrdmU5 pic.twitter.com/DMohnm5jLH
— Bloomberg (@business) September 19, 2017
PHOTOS: Buildings and cars damaged, people flee to streets as earthquake hits Mexico City. https://t.co/YokljSfvBU pic.twitter.com/OrGhsO1udX
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) September 19, 2017
CBS is now reporting at least 5 people were killed.
SPECIAL REPORT: At least five dead in powerful Mexico earthquake, according to local media reports https://t.co/NJW1Zq4Nkg pic.twitter.com/AaLDekwaQ2
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 19, 2017
From President Trump:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/910233418474098688
I’ll update this post later as more information becomes available.
Update: CNN is reporting 116 people have died as a result of the quake.
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