Effects will be magnified by poor construction and shantytowns.
There are also many historical and beautiful sites there.
Yep, a 5.7 or thereabouts quake will have a worse effect on Mexico City than it would here in the U.S.
I would think the same thing, but I am frequently surprised by the (relatively) low numbers of deaths around Mexico City, when they have big shakers down there.
They made a lot of improvements to their building codes after the big earthquake a few years ago. Theoretically, new construction should be a lot safer (assuming graft and corruption didn’t win out!). The city is built on an ancient lakebed, so the soil is extremely unstable.
Exactly. I've never experienced an earthquake but I imagine a 5.7 here in the USA would not cause serious damage. In Mexico, with reports that buildings were "swaying", I wouldn't be surprised if there was major damage.