A traffic controller and a security guard look for possible victims at a building which collapsed during a quake in Mexico City on September 19, 2017.
A powerful earthquake shook Mexico City on Tuesday, causing panic among the megalopolis’ 20 million inhabitants on the 32nd anniversary of a devastating 1985 quake. The US Geological Survey put the quake’s magnitude at 7.1 while Mexico’s Seismological Institute said it measured 6.8 on its scale. The institute said the quake’s epicenter was seven kilometers west of Chiautla de Tapia, in the neighboring state of Puebla.
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On Tuesday a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck central Mexico, collapsing several buildings and bringing life in the city to a halt. These early photos from Mexico City reveal the extent of the damage.
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The following image, taken from Google Street View, shows the same building before the earthquake brought it down.
