MEXICO CITY (AP) — Every Sept. 19, residents of Mexico City ask themselves an unsettling question: “Is the ground shaking?” On that day 40 years ago, at 7:19 a.m., a 8.1-magnitude earthquake and its ...
Military school cadets carry a Mexican flag during a ceremony marking the 1985 earthquake's 40th anniversary in Mexico City, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) MEXICO CITY (AP) — Every ...
On that day 40 years ago, at 7:19 a.m., a 8.1-magnitude earthquake and its aftershocks left the Mexican capital devastated. Official counts put the death toll around 12,000, but the real number ...