Why the Giant Mexican Earthquake Happened
Thursday night's quake, near an undersea crust collision zone, was the strongest to hit Mexico in a century
By Josh Fischman on September 8, 2017
Late Thursday night the biggest earthquake to hit Mexico in 100 years shook the country—and a large part of the globe. The magnitude 8.1 temblor was centered just off the southern end of Mexico’s Pacific coast. It was stronger than the 1985 quake that killed thousands of people in Mexico City. Last night’s quake took 32 lives, according to news reports, and the toll may rise.
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