At 22 million people, metropolitan Mexico City is the largest urban area in our hemisphere. ... It is also in the center of a geological mosh pit. On Sept. 19, 1985, ...

Mexico City has strengthened many buildings since the 1985 quake, which killed more than 5,000 people. And it has designed an early-warning system that detects the first vibrations from a quake.

USGS said the quake hit 2 kilometers southeast of Pinotepa de Don Luis around 7 ... Crowds of people gathered on Mexico City’s central Reforma Avenue as well as on streets in Oaxaca state’s ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) put the magnitude lower at 5.9 but at roughly the same location. The USGS said the quake struck at a depth of 67 miles (108 km). Reporting by Dave Graham; Editing ...

A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck 11 miles south-east of Xalpatlahuac, Mexico, late Sunday, according to the US Geological Survey.

U.S. Geological Survey Department of the Interior/USGS/I.D. Celebi. It gets worse. Mexico City, the country’s densely-populated capital, is even more susceptible to earthquakes than the rest of ...

An earthquake with a preliminary rating of 7.5 was measured off the coast of Mexico Friday evening, according to USGS reports. Later the quake's rating was brought down to a 7.2. USGS said the ...

An earthquake with a preliminary rating of 7.5 was measured off the coast of Mexico Friday evening, according to USGS reports. Later the quake's rating was brought down to a 7.2. USGS said the ...

A 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit Mexico Sunday, about 11 miles southeast of Xalpatlahuac, Mexico, according to the US Geological Survey .

A 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit Mexico Sunday, about 11 miles southeast of Xalpatlahuac, Mexico, according to the US Geological Survey . The quake in southwestern Mexico was felt as far away as ...

An earthquake with a preliminary rating of 7.5 was measured off the coast of Mexico Friday evening, according to USGS reports. Later the quake's rating was brought down to a 7.2. USGS said the ...

An earthquake with a preliminary rating of 7.5 was measured off the coast of Mexico Friday evening, according to USGS reports. Later the quake's rating was brought down to a 7.2. USGS said the ...