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Added on the 19/09/2017 20:29:07 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
A child cries and residents gather in the street after a powerful earthquake struck western Mexico, shaking buildings in the capital on the anniversary of two major tremors in 1985 and 2017. The national seismological agency reported the quake was of magnitude 7.4, while the United States Geological Survey estimated it at 7.6. IMAGES
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
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
Trees sway and a group of people on a street in Mexico City tries to hold steady as a powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake strikes southern Mexico. IMAGES
Rescue teams and volunteers continued to comb through the rubble of a collapsed school in Mexico City in search of trapped survivors, in the aftermath of a magnitude 7.1 earthquake, on Wednesday. Reports have provided conflicting information, with sources stating that up to 26 bodies have been found, 21 of which were children, and that 11 people have been rescued. The disaster has so far claimed the lives of at least 237 people, with the death toll expected to rise, while some 52 people had been pulled alive from collapsed buildings.