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People stand in the street in Mexico City after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck western Mexico, shaking buildings in the capital on the anniversary of two major tremors in 1985 and 2017. IMAGES
Residents of Mexico City described their ordeals the morning after a deadly earthquake on Wednesday killed over 200 people and destroyed several dozen buildings. One survivor described how she was unable to escape her apartment and could only look on in horror as the quake shook the building. A different resident was able to leave her apartment, but feared for her life in doing so.
People leave their houses and buildings and gather in the middle of Mexico City's streets to watch as power wires can be seen shaking during a 7.5-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Mexico this morning. IMAGES
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck central Mexico, destroying several buildings in the country's capital of Mexico City and leaving over 240 people dead on Tuesday. Emergency services carried out rescue operations as they searched for survivors trapped in the surrounding buildings. Tuesday's earthquake comes just a matter of weeks after an 8.1 magnitude quake also struck central Mexico and killed nearly 100 people, mainly in the city of Oaxaca.
Thousands gather in Antakya, the capital of Hatay province, to mark the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey on February 6, 2023. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).