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7.1 magnitude quake kills 44, collapses buildings in Mexico

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocked central Mexico on Tuesday, killing at least 44 people, collapsing buildings and causing widespread panic less than two weeks after another quake left 90 dead in the country's south.

 

Mexican media broadcast images of multiple downed buildings in densely populated parts of Mexico City and nearby Cuernavaca. A column of smoke rose from a structure in one central neighborhood in the capital.

 

Dramatic video showed one mid-rise building collapsing into a cloud of dust amid cries from onlookers. It was not clear whether anyone was inside, but Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera reported that there were people trapped in some buildings.

 

In the capital's Roma neighborhood, onlookers cheered as rescue workers pulled a survivor from one collapsed building.

 


פרסום ראשון: 09.19.17, 23:45