Editor’s note: Every year, Mexico’s earthquake drill is more than a routine safety exercise: it is an act of remembrance. It honors the people lost in the devastating Sept. 19 earthquakes of 1985 and 2017—two tragedies that reshaped Mexico City and revealed the extraordinary solidarity of ordinary citizens. The annual simulacro turns memory into preparation. When alarms sound and people practice how to respond, they help ensure that the lessons carried by survivors, families, rescuers and communities are not forgotten. In a country that lives with seismic risk, preparedness is a shared responsibility—and a quiet tribute to those who never made it home.
MND Staff
Thursday’s presidential presser also touched on a poll on Mexican opinions of U.S. intervention and the dress Sheinbaum wore to give this year’s Independence Day “Grito.”
Mexico City has a history of severe earthquakes in September, with several notable neighborhoods at high seismic risk when the next one hits, writes Andrea Fischer.
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A celebration of all things South Korea, a national earthquake drill, NFL Mexico City Series tickets and El Grito shape September in CDMX.
