Harrowing Footage Emerges of Collapsing Buildings and Massive Explosions After Mexico Earthquake

Justin BaragonaSep 19th, 2017, 4:41 pm
 

Earlier today, a massive 7.1-magnitude rocked the central Mexican state of Puebla. The epicenter of the huge seismic event was only 75 miles from one of the most densely populated cities in the world, Mexico City.

As damage and casualty reports have come in — the Governor of Morelos said 42 had died from the quake in his state alone — we’ve also seen quite a few videos posted to social media of buildings swaying, collapsing and even exploding.

A couple of media outlets in the area posted these videos of their newsrooms during the quake:

There was also this video of the aftermath after a building collapsed:

Below is a clip of a tall Mexico City structure swaying:

Then there was dramatic footage of a buildings completely collapsing:

As well as one catching fire and exploding:

[image via screengrab]

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