Mexico held safety drills 2 hours before 7.1-magnitude quake
Two hours before being hit by the 7.1-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday, Mexico held annual safety drills across the country to commemorate the 1985 earthquake which claimed around 5,000 lives on its 32nd anniversary. Alerts were sounded on the radio, television, and loudspeakers, and residents left for designated safe areas before Tuesday's earthquake that killed at least 217 people. 