Nearly 216 people have been estimated to be dead in the Mexico City which is the capital of the country and in the states of Puebla, and Morelos.
The epicenter of 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit the Central Mexico according to the US Geological Survey sourced by CNN.
President Enrique Pena Nito stated that around 22 bodies were found dead in an elementary school that collapsed in Mexico City due to earthquake. Approximately 30 children were missing until the Tuesday night.
What horrible news about the earthquake in Mexico. Thank God my husband and family are safe in Mexico City. My prayers are with everyone. pic.twitter.com/qnSRB5n0PD
— Eva Longoria Baston (@EvaLongoria) September 19, 2017
The Central Mexico earthquake came a week after a magnitude of 8.1 earthquake struck off on the Southern Coast of the country, killing around 90 of them.
Thousands of soldiers, rescuers and civilians including some of the college students were working side by side to dig through the piles of the buildings from the dozens of them that have collapsed.
The earthquake has left the busiest city in Mexico in chaos. Windows collapsed and shattered, falling several stories to the ground while thousands of people gushed into the streets running away from buildings and gas leaks.
People were to be struggling to get home when power poles that tumbled in the quake blocked the streets and the public transportation system by temporarily shut down operations. Around 5 million customers were still without power early Wednesday.
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