September 1985 Mexico City, Mexico Images

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The magnitude 8.1 earthquake occurred off the Pacific coast of Mexico. The damage was concentrated in a 25 square km area of Mexico City, 350 km from the epicenter. The underlying geology and geologic history of Mexico City contributed to this unusual concentration of damage at a distance from the epicenter. Of a population of 18 million, an estimated 10,000 people were killed, and 50,000 were injured.

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Name Format Description Link
0 Collection of damage and geological images resulting from natural hazards, specifically tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanoes. https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazardimages/
0 https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazardimages/#/all/13
25 Event epicenter and image locations. https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/data/kml/photos/13.kml
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords

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  • human dimensions
  • tectonics
  • international council for science - world data system
  • earthquakes
  • nesdis
  • icsu-wds
  • continent
  • national geophysical data center
  • noaa
  • mexico
  • north america
  • noaa onestop project
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ngdc
  • solid earth
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • infrastructure
  • national centers for environmental information
  • natural hazards

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