1985 Mexico City earthquake

September 19th, 1985 earthquake in Mexico City, Mexico
Event earthquake Q1798567
1985 Mexico City earthquake
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1985 Mexico City earthquake

Summary

1985 Mexico City earthquake is an earthquake[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of earthquake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (602 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 1985 Mexico City earthquake is located in Mexico City[3].
  • 1985 Mexico City earthquake is in the country of Mexico[4].
  • 1985 Mexico City earthquake's image is recorded as 1985 Mexico Earthquake - Collapsed General Hospital.jpg[5].
  • 1985 Mexico City earthquake's instance of is recorded as earthquake[6].
  • 1985 Mexico City earthquake's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2009009210[7].
  • 1985 Mexico City earthquake's location is recorded as Mexico City[8].
  • 1985 Mexico City earthquake's Commons category is recorded as 1985 Mexico Earthquake[9].
  • 1985 Mexico City earthquake's point in time is recorded as +1985-09-19T00:00:00Z[10].
  • 1985 Mexico City earthquake's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 18.19, 'lon': -102.53}[11].
  • 1985 Mexico City earthquake's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07c9gx[12].
  • 1985 Mexico City earthquake's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as event/Mexico-City-earthquake-of-1985[13].
  • 1985 Mexico City earthquake's BBC Things ID is recorded as 95f9192b-7dd1-4b15-9220-56e920256590[14].
  • 1985 Mexico City earthquake's earthquake magnitude on the moment magnitude scale is recorded as {'amount': '+8'}[15].
  • 1985 Mexico City earthquake's earthquake magnitude on the Richter magnitude scale is recorded as {'amount': '+8.1'}[16].
  • 1985 Mexico City earthquake's USGS earthquake ID is recorded as usp0002jwe[17].
  • 1985 Mexico City earthquake's vertical depth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+27.9'}[18].
  • 1985 Mexico City earthquake's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["HistoricalEvent", "1985MexicoCityEarthquake"][19].
  • 1985 Mexico City earthquake's ISC event ID is recorded as 516095[20].
  • 1985 Mexico City earthquake's Getty Iconography Authority ID is recorded as 901001728[21].
  • 1985 Mexico City earthquake's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007540615905171[22].
  • 1985 Mexico City earthquake's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/ac13be33-0701-4849-9cd3-f9e530b654f5[23].

Why It Matters

1985 Mexico City earthquake ranks in the top 2% of earthquake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (602 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Library of Congress. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . earthquake.usgs.gov. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . earthquake.usgs.gov. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . National Library of Israel. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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