A DEVASTATING quake in Mexico yesterday killed more than 100 people, according to official tallies, with a preliminary 30 deaths recorded in the capital where rescue efforts are still going on.
Volunteers and emergency crews are digging through the rubble of 29 collapsed buildings in Mexico City, according to municipal authorities.
The overall toll rose steadily in the hours after the 7.1-magnitude quake. – September 20, 2017.
A man is pulled out of the rubble alive following a quake in Mexico City. A powerful earthquake shook Mexico City yesterday, causing panic among the megalopolis' 20 million inhabitants on the 32nd anniversary of a devastating 1985 quake. The US Geological Survey put the quake's magnitude at 7.1 while Mexico's Seismological Institute said it measured 6.8 on its scale. The institute said the quake's epicentre was 7km west of Chiautla de Tapia, in the neighbouring state of Puebla. – AFP pic, September 20, 2017A woman is carried away after being pulled out of the rubble following a quake in Mexico City. – AFP pic, September 20, 2017.Thousands of people remain on the streets following a magnitude 7.1 earthquake on the Richter scale, in Mexico City, Mexico. People were participating in drills earlier yesterday to mark the 32nd anniversary of the 1985 8.0-magnitude earthquake. – EPA pic, September 20, 2017.Patients at a hospital receive medical treatmen outside the facility following a magnitude 7.1 earthquake on the Richter scale in Mexico City, Mexico. The earthquake hit the state of Puebla at a depth of 51km. – EPA pic, September 20, 2017.People looking survivors from a collapsed buildings after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake on the Richter scale in Mexico City, Mexico. Scores of people lost their lives in the states of Morelos, Puebla and Mexico. – EPA pic, September 20, 2017.Hundred of Mexicans offer their support to rescue survivors from a collapsed building after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Mexico City, Mexico. Emergency services are searching for survivors buried under the rubble of collapsed buildings. The death toll is likely to rise, media added quoting officials. – EPA pic, September 20, 2017.People try to rescue survivors from a collapsed building after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake in Mexico City. – EPA pic, September 20, 2017.Rescuers, firefighters, policemen, soldiers and volunteers removing rubble and debris from a flattened building in search of survivors after a powerful quake in Mexico City. – AFP pic, September 20, 2017.A building severely damaged by a powerful quake in Mexico City. – AFP pic, September 20, 2017.Rescue personnel carry a woman on a stretcher after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake in Cuernavaca, Morelos State, Mexico.– EPA pic, September 20, 2017.
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