Mexico earthquake triggers ‘desert tsunami’ 1,500 miles away in Death Valley cave
A wall of smoke shoots from a collapsed building as residents flee through the streets of the neighborhood of Tacubaya on the morning after the magnitude 8.0 earthquake that shook the Mexican capital
An aerial view shows the collapsed building of a school in Mexico City. The magnitude 8.0 earthquake triggered a widespread blackout in the capital of Mexico and sent an ‘earth wave’ of fear through the country on Friday
Aerial images taken from Mexico City’s Ciudad Universitaria airport show a massive wall of volcanic rock which collapsed in the earthquake that was felt up a kilometer (0.6 mile) away. It was first reported by The Wall Street Journal that ‘Volcano Rock’ or Volcan Mountain is the source of the earthquake that hit the capital
‘We have to make sure that we protect the water supply of all communities in our country,’ Mexican Finance Minister Luis Videgaray said in a statement
‘The magnitude of this event was not felt by the people, not by the air force units (and) not by the army,’ said Army spokesman Ivan Minaya
The quake was centred off the coast of Mexico and followed by a tsunami of up to 11 metres high. It was felt from the capital of Mexico city, Mexico City, to the coast and along the Gulf of Mexico coast
A woman walks through the rubble of a collapsed building after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Mexico City. It was initially reported that the earthquake was centred off the coast of Mexico and followed by a tsunami of up to 11 metres high
Residents take cover during a powerful earthquake and massive tsunami on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. Mexico City is a popular tourist destination and many buildings were flattened or swept away. Two dozen people were hurt, one critically. The quake was centred off the coast of Mexico and followed by a tsunami of up to 11 metres high
Flood waters fill a lake on the coast of Mexico following the earthquake. As the earthquake struck at 9.55pm local time, residents fled the lake’s shoreline and people took cover under their vehicles with many vehicles submerged
Tsunami waves in the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean following the earthquake, which struck from the Pacific Ocean at 9.55pm local time. Two dozen people were injured, one critically.