 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Shongwe iyi yakazozivikanwa zvikuru payakakwanisa kutsungirira kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakaitika muna 1957 kwakakura 7.9 pamwero, nemhaka yokugadzirwa kwayo kunoshamisa uye kusimba kwayo. Chiitiko ichi chakaita kuti chizivikanwe muAmerican Institute of Steel Construction Award of Merit nokuda kwechivako chakareba kupfuura zvose chakambosangana nesimba guru rokudengenyeka kwenyika sezvinopupurirwa nemapikicha ari munhandare yechivako napadenga rokutarira. Zvisinei, muedzo mukuru zvikuru wakasvika, nokure, nokudengenyeka kwapasi kwakakura 8.1 kwaSeptember 19, 1985, iyo yakaparadza zvivako zvakawanda muMexico City, zvikurukuru izvo zvakavakwa pakati peguta, munharaunda yeshongwe. Torre Latinoamericana yakatsungirira simba iri pasina zvinetso, uye nokudaro yava chiratidzo chokudzivirirwa muMexico City. Nhasi shongwe iyi inoonekwa seimwe yezvivako zvakachengeteka zvikuru muguta racho pasinei nenzvimbo yayo inogona kuva nengozi. 