2017 ⟶ Mexico Hit by Devastating Earthquakes
September: Two earthquakes strike Mexico on September 8 and ...
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💥 Mexico City Earthquake Kills Thousands
September 19: An earthquake in Mexico City, magnitude 8.0, kills from 5,000 to 45,000 people.⟶
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Mexico💥 Loma Prieta Earthquake Strikes San Francisco Bay Area
October 17: The 6.9 .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast, killing 63.⟶
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United States💥 Guadalajara Sewer Explosions
April 22: Fuel leaking into a sewer causes a series of explosions in Guadalajara, Mexico; 215 are killed, 1,500 injured.⟶
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Mexico🫨 Northridge Earthquake Devastates Los Angeles
January 17: The 6.7 Mw Northridge earthquake strikes the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 57 people dead and more than 8,700 injured.⟶
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🧮 Haiti Earthquake Claims Over 2,000 Lives
August 14: An earthquake in Haiti kills over 2,000 people.⟶
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