--- description: Mexico City was hit with a devastating earthquake Tuesday. Video shows the extreme destruction of the deadly quake title: Video Shows Chaos and Destruction Following Deadly Mexico City Earthquake image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c551fd9d999b784/6988de758fd2eebe05358ed5/gettyimages-849694046.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Mexico](/tag/mexico/) ## Mexico Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Video Footage Shows Chaos and Destruction Following Deadly Mexico City Earthquake by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 19, 2017 9:45 PM CUT  Rescuers and residents of Colonia Condesa look for victims amid the ruins of a building knocked down by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that jolted central Mexico damaging buildings, knocking out power and causing alarm throughout the capital on September 19, 2017 in Mexico City, Mexico. The earthquake comes 32 years after a magnitude-8.0 earthquake hit on September 19, 1985. Rescuers and residents of Colonia Condesa look for victims amid the ruins of a building knocked down by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that jolted central Mexico damaging buildings, knocking out power and causing alarm throughout the capital on September 19, 2017 in Mexico City, Mexico. The earthquake comes 32 years after a magnitude-8.0 earthquake hit on September 19, 1985.Photograph by Hector Vivas—Getty by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 19, 2017 9:45 PM CUT Mexico City was hit with a [devastating earthquake that left at least 248 dead on Tuesday,](http://time.com/4948663/mexico-city-earthquake-1985-anniversary/ "undefined") coinciding with the anniversary of another deadly earthquake that occurred in 1985. Video has already surfaced showing part of the damage from the earthquake. Videos from Mexico City and the surrounding areas appears to show viscous shaking and collapsed buildings . The disaster also comes just days after another earthquake hit 11 days ago, [which left at least 90 dead.](http://time.com/4935284/mexico-earthquake-death-toll-90/ "undefined") The governor of the Mexican state of Morales said that [at least 55 were dead](http://time.com/4948484/mexico-city-earthquake/ "undefined") as a result of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake, according to the Associated Press. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4948867/mexico-city-earthquake-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4948867/mexico-city-earthquake-video/"},"headline":"Video Footage Shows Chaos and Destruction Following Deadly Mexico City Earthquake","datePublished":"2017-09-19T21:45:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:30:16.966Z","description":"Videos from Mexico City and the surrounding areas show collapsed buildings","url":"https://time.com/4948867/mexico-city-earthquake-video/","keywords":["Mexico","tragedy","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c551fd9d999b784/6988de758fd2eebe05358ed5/gettyimages-849694046.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c551fd9d999b784/6988de758fd2eebe05358ed5/gettyimages-849694046.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Earthquake Strikes Mexico City","caption":"Earthquake Strikes Mexico City","creditText":"Photograph by Hector Vivas—Getty","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/mexico/","name":"Mexico"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4948867/mexico-city-earthquake-video/","name":"Video Footage Shows Chaos and Destruction Following Deadly Mexico City Earthquake"}}]}] ```