1985 Mexico City Earthquake

The following images are from NOAA’s image collection. For further details on each image, click the PDF at the bottom of the page.

Failure of Top Floors, Hotel Continental, Mexico City
Aerial View of Top Failure, Central Communications Center
Top-Floor Failure of Flexible Building Between Two Ridge Buildings
Top-Floor Collapse Office Building, Mexico City
Top-Floor Failure of Reinforced Concrete Building, Mexico City
Mid-Floor Failure of Reinforced Concrete Building, Mexico City
Closeup of Damage to Hotel de Carlo
High-Rise Building Twisted in Earthquake
Earthquake Oscillations Cause Collapse of Vertical Supports
Parking Garage Collapse
Bottom-level Failure Due to Weak First Floor
Building Sank into Liquefied Soil
Collapsed School Building
Collapsed Floors Punctured by Load-Bearing Column
Total Collapse of Juarez Hospital
Totally Collapsed 21-Story Steel Frame Office Building
Car Demolished by Debris
Totally Collapsed and Undamaged Office Buildings
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