List of Damaged Structures and Maps in Mexico City

 The M7.1 Puebla, Mexico Earthquake damaged a significant number of buildings. Buildings reported with significant damage or collapsed appeared to be primarily brick masonry and unreinforced concrete structures. Univision reported on collapsed building, as shown in the screenshot from their article (Figure 1).

 

Figure 1. Collapsed buildings reported. (Source: Univision)

 

Table 1 summarizes the properties of the collapsed buildings.

 

Table 1.

Number	Location	# of stories	Use	Type of construction	Damage
1	Colonia Lindavista, building on Sierravista and Coquimbo	7	Residential	Unreinforced concrete and brick masonry	Major structural failure
2	Colonia del Valle Centro, building on Escocia (Scotland) and Nicolás	8	Residential	Unreinforced Concrete	Collapsed
3	Colonia del Valle, building on Eugenia and Edimburgo (Edinburgh)	8	Residential	Unreinforced concrete and brick masonry	Collapsed
4	Colonia del Valle Centro, building on Gabriel Mancera and Escocia, Two buildings	2, 2	Residential	Unreinforced concrete and brick masonry	Collapsed
5	Colonia Santa Cruz Acoyac, building on Petén and Zapata	7	Mixed use commercial/residential	Unreinforced concrete and brick masonry	Partially Collapsed
6	Colonia Narvarte Oriente, building on Yacatas and Concepción Béistegui	3	Mixed use commercial/residential	Unreinforced Concrete	Partially Collapsed
7	Colonia de Miravalle, building on Balsas #18	4	Residential	Unreinforced Concrete	Collapsed
8	Colonia Nueva Oriental Coapa, Enrique Rebsamen school	3	School	Steel Frame, block masonry	Partially Collapsed
9	Colonia Lomas Estrella, building on Paseo de las Galias	4	Residential	Unreinforced concrete and brick masonry	Collapsed to first floor
10	Colonia Prado Churubusco, building on Calzada de la Viga 1758	7	Residential	Concrete and brick masonry	Partialyl Collapsed
11	Colonia San Francisco Culhuacán, building on San Ana Avenue and Ejido Santa Cruz	3	Commercial (Auto Shop)	Unreinforced concrete	Collapsed
12	Colonia Barrio 18, on Periférico and Cuemanco		Pedestrian bridge	Steel	Collapsed
13	Colonia Los Girasoles, building on Rancho de los Arcos and Calzada del Hueso, Two buildings	5, 5	Residential Complex	Concrete and brick masonry	Collapse onto another building which also then collapsed.
14	Colonia Del Valle, building on Viaducto and Avenida Coyoacán	5 and smaller	Mixed use commercial/residential	Concrete and brick masonry	Collapsed
15	Colonia Hipódromo, Amsterdam 15 and 25, cormer of Laredo St	12	Residential	Concrete and brick/block masonry	Collapsed
16	Colonia Tránsito, school and clothing warehouse on Chimalpopoca and Simón Bolívar	2	School and a warehouse	Unreinforced Concrete	Collapsed
17	Colonia Roma North, building on Salamanca, corner of Oaxaca	6	Commercial	Concrete	Collapsed
18	Colonia Roma, building at Puebla 282, corner of Salamanca	3	Commercial	Unreinforced Concrete	Collapsed
19	Colonia Roma, building at Álvaro Obregón 286, corner or Valladolid	7	Commercial	Concrete	Collapsed
20	Colonia Roma, building on Medellín and San Luis	5	Mixed use commercial/residential	Concrete	Collapsed
21	Colonia Piedad Navarte, building on Viaducto and Torreón	5	Residential	Concrete	Collapsed
22	Colonia Del Valle, building on Patricio Sanz and Xola	6	Residential	Concrete and brick masonry	Major Structural Damage
23	Colonia Zacahuisco, building on Irolo and Bretaña	6	Residential	Concrete and brick masonry	Collapsed
24	Colonia Niños Héroes de Chapultepec, building on Niños Héroes and Galicia	4	Residential	Concrete and masonry	Collapsed
25	Colonia Guerrero, building at Mina 16 and April 2	2	Historic building	Concrete and masonry	Partially Collapsed
26	Colonia Portales, building on Avenida Montes and Tlalpan	6&1	Commercial	Concrete	Partially Collapsed
27	Colonia Guerrero, building on Lerdo and Magnolia	3	Residential	Unreinforced Concrete and brick masonry	Partially Collapsed
28	Conjunto Urbano Tlalpan, building on Álvaro Gálvez, Fuentes and Tlalpan	5	Residential	Concrete	Collapsed
29	Colonia de Ejidos de Huipilco, Monterrey Tech		Pedestrian Bridge	Steel/Concrete	Collapsed
30	Colonia de Campestre Churubusco, Taxqueña Road	1	Commercial	Steel and block masonry	Collapsed
31	Colonia Alamos, Galicia y Eje 4 Sur Xol	7	Residential	Concrete and brick masonry	Partially Collapsed
32	Colonia de Navarte Poniente, Enrique Rebsamen St	5	Residential	Concrete	Major Structural Damage
33	Colonia de Lomas Estrella, Galias Way	4	Residential	Concrete and brick	Major Structural Damage

 

The earthquake had different levels of intensity throughout the surrounding area. Shaking intensity data: USGS.   The highest shaking intensity and reported damage in Mexico City occurred in the areas where there is less dense soil, classified as lake bed soil. The following map (Figure 2) shows the approximate location of the Mexico City lake bed.

 

Figure 2. Location of the Mexico City Lakebed Zone. [Research Gate] 

 

Damage in Mexico City is typically centered in the areas shown in Figure 3. This list may be incomplete.  New information is still being received.

 

Figure 3. Damaged buildings reported. [LA Times]

 

Additional damage maps are available at NY Times.

An ArcGIS map of damaged structures is available here. 

Recording stations in CIRES network in Mexico City here. 

Pre and Post-event satellite photos found here.