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| Mexico City earthquake: At least 248 people dead after huge 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes capital | |
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| The death toll following the devastating Mexico earthquake has risen to 248, according to the country's civil protectoin agency. | |
| Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong had earlier said the total was at least 226, but this was quickly revised on Wednesday morning. | |
| Central Mexico was struck by a 7.1 magnitude quake yesterday evening and a citywide recovery operation is currently underway in the capital. | |
| Some 117 people are dead in the city itself. | |
| Among those killed were at least 20 children in a school where buildings collapsed. | |
| Dozens of buildings were felled by tremors on Tuesday, and power was knocked out for 40 per cent of Mexico City and 60 per cent of Morelos state. | |
| The capital's mayor, Miguel Angel Mancera, said buildings fell at 44 places as high-rises across the city swayed sickeningly. | |
| The earthquake struck close to the town of Raboso in the central state of Puebla, 76 miles southeast of Mexico City, the US Geological Survey said. | |
| The quake is the deadliest in Mexico since a 1985 quake on the same date killed thousands. It came less than two weeks after another powerful quake caused 90 deaths in the country's south. | |
| Mexico's federal government has declared a state of disaster, meaning emergency funds are now available to help respond to the devastation. | |
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