September 19th 1985 - 7:18pm

8.1 magnitude

Centred 250 miles west of the city - unstable ground underneath city - serious shaking lasted nearly 3 minutes

Old hotels crumbled - Regis, Versailles, Romano

Building at National College of Professional Education fell - hundreds of students trapped

Many factories could not stand

Tremors caused gas mains to break - caused fires + explosions around city

3000 buildings in Mexico City demolished

10,000 people lost their lives

30,000 injured

Thousands more left homeless