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At least 217 people have been killed in Mexico's 7.1 earthquake



Mexico, September 19 - At least 47 people lost their lives in the states of Morelos and Mexico by a magnitude 7 earthquake on the Richter scale that shook the center of the country today.

At least 217 people have been killed, including 86 in Mexico City, 71 in Morelos and 43 in Puebla state.

Meanwhile, in Mexico City there are a total of 27 buildings destroyed and feared that people are trapped.

Rescue teams and neighbors work to rescue many people they fear are under debris.

Government officials have said at least 21 children and several adults have died at an elementary school in the city, after it partially collapsed. 500 soldiers and Navy marines are among those searching for children and employees still missing

In Morelos, the epicenter of the earthquake, 42 fatalities were recorded, while in the State of Mexico two adults and three children died.

In the state of Morelos, the highest number of deaths occurred in the town of Jojutla (12), said Gov. Graco Ramirez through the social network Twitter.

In Cuernavaca, capital of Morelos, there are four people dead, in Tetecala six people died, six in Yecapixtla, four in Jiutepec.

Another four in Axochiapan, and also in Miacatlan and Tlayacapan. In addition, there is one deceased in Cuautla and another in Yautepec.

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Meanwhile, the governor of the State of Mexico, Alfredo del Mazo, informed Milenio Television of five fatalities and confirmed 22 injured.

Del Mazo reported infrastructure damage while operating all of the state's highways.

In Mexico City, scenes of confusion continue to occur in the face of the fear of aftershocks and chaos in the streets that causes even greater chaos.

On the other hand, Toluca airport receives flights that can not land at the airport, one of whose terminals was closed after the earthquake.

The earthquake recorded today in central Mexico was 7 on the Richter scale, according to the latest update of the National Seismological Service (SSN), which initially placed the movement at 6.8 and then at 7.1.

The epicenter of the movement was located on the border between the states of Puebla and Morelos, 7 miles (12 kilometers) southeast of Axochiapan, Morelos, and 120 kilometers from Mexico City, and the depth was 57 kilometers, said SSN it's a statement.

The earthquake, at 1.40 pm local time (2.40 pm EST), collapsed at least a dozen buildings in different areas of Mexico City such as the Condesa, Del Valle, Narvarte, Centro, Coyoacán and Xochimilco colonies, among others .

It also caused numerous outages in the electrical service, gas leaks and interrupted the telephone service, as well as the Metro, but no deaths are reported yet.

After perceiving the movement, citizens who live and work in tall buildings captured the landslides of several buildings in the colonies Countess and Rome, affected in the earthquake of 8.1 on the Ricther scale that occurred just 32 years ago and left thousands dead .


In the south of the city, in Coyoacán, the Church of San Juan Bautista suffered damage in one of its towers and in Xochimilco the parish of San Bernardino fell.

School activities were suspended until further notice, as was the stock exchange session in Mexico City, to safeguard the safety of staff and facilities.

Citizens immediately went to the task of assisting and assisting in landslides and collapses.

The quake generated numerous scenes of panic in the capital of the country and occurred two hours after the citizens took to the streets of the whole country in a simulation commemorating the earthquake of 1985 of magnitude 7.1.

This time the earthquake felt stronger than the one registered just September 7, magnitude of 8.2 on the Richter scale, given that the epicenter was closer.

The earthquake of September 7, the most powerful since 1932 in the country, left 98 dead in the south of the country; 78 in Oaxaca, 16 in Chiapas and 4 in Tabasco.
At least 217 people have been killed in Mexico's 7.1 earthquake Reviewed by egonard on September 19, 2017 Rating: 5

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