1985 Mexico City earthquake 1985 Mexico City earthquake The 1985 Mexico City earthquake struck in the early morning of 19 September at 07:17:50 (CST) with a moment magnitude of 8.0 and a Mercalli intensity of IX ("Violent"). The event caused serious damage to the Greater Mexico City area and the deaths of at least 5,000 people. The sequence of events included a foreshock of magnitude 5.2 that occurred the prior May, the main shock on 19 September, and two large aftershocks. The first of these occurred on 20 September with a magnitude of 7.5 and the second occurred seven months later on 30 April
1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round on neutral ground" 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round The 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC First Round was part of the AFC qualifying tournament for the 1986 FIFA World Cup. 27 national teams were separated into an Eastern and Western zone where they were split into groups of 3 or 4, with the group winners progressing to the Second Round. The teams which qualified for the Second Round were United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Syria, Bahrain, South Korea, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Japan. "Lebanon played 4 matches before withdrawing, their results were annulled." "Iran disqualified for refusing