Mostly Cloudy and 75 F at Pittsburgh - Allegheny County Airport, PA
Winds are Variable at 4.6 MPH (4 KT). The pressure is 1016.7 mb and the humidity is 62%. Last Updated on Sep 19 2018, 11:53 am EDT. More...

The Mexico City Earthquake (1985)
At 7:18 AM, an 8.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Mexican state of Michoacán, releasing more than 1,000 times the energy of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Several hundred miles away in Mexico's capital, Mexico City, the devastation was catastrophic. Official estimates place the death toll at 10,000, but several times that number may have actually perished. Tens of thousands of others were hurt and hundreds of thousands were left homeless. Why was Mexico City so hard hit? Discuss
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