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Mexicans participate in annual drill on anniversary of deadly earthquakes / 33VL498
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Emergency rills are held across Mexico City on the anniversary of two devastating earthquakes in 1985 and 2017. In 2022, shortly after the annual drill took place, another earthquake struck, leaving two dead and dozens of buildings damaged. The Mexican capital, which together with surrounding urban areas is home to more than 20 million people, is built in a natural basin filled with the sediment of a former lake, making it particularly vulnerable to earthquakes. The capital has an early warning alarm system using seismic monitors that aims to give residents enough time to evacuate buildings when earthquakes hit seismic zones near the Pacific Coast. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES