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Photos: Magnitude 7.1 earthquake near Mexico City kills at least 248

Rescue crews and ordinary citizens sift for survivors in battered cities in central Mexico, including the capital, where the death toll from a magnitude 7.1 earthquake grew to at least 248 reported by the federal civil defence agency.

Updated on: Sep 21, 2017 11:15 AM IST

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A magnitude 7.1 quake toppled dozens of buildings, broke gas mains and sparked fires claiming almost 248 lives on September 19, 2017 in Mexico City. The temblor occurred less than two weeks after another powerful quake killed at least 98 people in southern Mexico. It also hit just hours after emergency drills marked the anniversary of a quake that killed thousands in 1985 on the same day. (Carlos Jasso / REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 21, 2017 11:15 AM

A magnitude 7.1 quake toppled dozens of buildings, broke gas mains and sparked fires claiming almost 248 lives on September 19, 2017 in Mexico City. The temblor occurred less than two weeks after another powerful quake killed at least 98 people in southern Mexico. It also hit just hours after emergency drills marked the anniversary of a quake that killed thousands in 1985 on the same day. (Carlos Jasso / REUTERS)

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Rescue crews and ordinary citizens searched through rubble for survivors as night fell on Tuesday on battered cities in central Mexico, including the capital, where the death toll from a major earthquake grew to at least 149. (Carlos Jasso / REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 21, 2017 11:15 AM

Rescue crews and ordinary citizens searched through rubble for survivors as night fell on Tuesday on battered cities in central Mexico, including the capital, where the death toll from a major earthquake grew to at least 149. (Carlos Jasso / REUTERS)

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Volunteers wearing dust masks wait in line to pass out rubble as rescue workers search inside a collapsed building in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City. On Twitter, relatives posted pleas for news of family members. At least one survivor was pulled from a collapsed building in Condesa and another rescued from a six-story apartment building nearby. Millions fled into the streets, where they weathered the violent shaking and desperately sought word about the welfare of family and friends. (Rebecca Blackwell / AP)

Updated on Sep 21, 2017 11:15 AM

Volunteers wearing dust masks wait in line to pass out rubble as rescue workers search inside a collapsed building in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City. On Twitter, relatives posted pleas for news of family members. At least one survivor was pulled from a collapsed building in Condesa and another rescued from a six-story apartment building nearby. Millions fled into the streets, where they weathered the violent shaking and desperately sought word about the welfare of family and friends. (Rebecca Blackwell / AP)

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Volunteers gather water, medicine, and blankets donated by neighborhood residents in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City. Volunteers have urgently called for more supplies. ‘We need batteries, torches, blankets, another megaphone, more tools, please bring us what we need,’ one man said. (Rebecca Blackwell / AP)

Updated on Sep 21, 2017 11:15 AM

Volunteers gather water, medicine, and blankets donated by neighborhood residents in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City. Volunteers have urgently called for more supplies. ‘We need batteries, torches, blankets, another megaphone, more tools, please bring us what we need,’ one man said. (Rebecca Blackwell / AP)

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Rescue workers and soldiers toiled around collapsed buildings where heat-sensing equipment suggested survivors could still be trapped. Bystanders joined in where they could, clearing debris with their bare hands or whatever tools they could find nearby. (Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP)

Updated on Sep 21, 2017 11:15 AM

Rescue workers and soldiers toiled around collapsed buildings where heat-sensing equipment suggested survivors could still be trapped. Bystanders joined in where they could, clearing debris with their bare hands or whatever tools they could find nearby. (Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP)

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Emergency personnel in Mexico City, a metropolitan region of about 20 million people, searched frantically with picks and shovels for survivors beneath the rubble of what the sprawling city’s mayor calculated to be as many as 44 collapsed buildings, including at least one primary school. The media in Mexico reported that families were getting WhatsApp messages pleading for help from desperate relatives trapped under the debris. (Rafael Arias / Social Media / via REUTERS )

Updated on Sep 21, 2017 11:15 AM

Emergency personnel in Mexico City, a metropolitan region of about 20 million people, searched frantically with picks and shovels for survivors beneath the rubble of what the sprawling city’s mayor calculated to be as many as 44 collapsed buildings, including at least one primary school. The media in Mexico reported that families were getting WhatsApp messages pleading for help from desperate relatives trapped under the debris. (Rafael Arias / Social Media / via REUTERS )

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Mexican stocks and the peso currency dropped on news of the earthquake and Mexico’s stock exchange suspended trading. At the same time as the earthquake, Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano had a small eruption. A church collapsed during mass, killing 15 people, in Atzitzihuacan on the slopes of the volcano, Puebla Governor Jose Antonio Gali said. (Yuri Cortez / AFP)

Updated on Sep 21, 2017 11:15 AM

Mexican stocks and the peso currency dropped on news of the earthquake and Mexico’s stock exchange suspended trading. At the same time as the earthquake, Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano had a small eruption. A church collapsed during mass, killing 15 people, in Atzitzihuacan on the slopes of the volcano, Puebla Governor Jose Antonio Gali said. (Yuri Cortez / AFP)

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As many as 4.6 million homes, businesses and other facilities had lost electricity, according to national power company Comisión Federal de Electricidad. Most of them were in the greater Mexico City area and in the states of Guerrero, Morelos, Puebla, Oaxaca, and Tlaxcala. (Pedro Pardo / AFP)

Updated on Sep 21, 2017 11:15 AM

As many as 4.6 million homes, businesses and other facilities had lost electricity, according to national power company Comisión Federal de Electricidad. Most of them were in the greater Mexico City area and in the states of Guerrero, Morelos, Puebla, Oaxaca, and Tlaxcala. (Pedro Pardo / AFP)

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A man comforts a frightened student as he collects her from her school in the Roma neighborhood of Mexico City. Earthquakes of magnitude 7 or above are regarded as major and are capable of causing widespread heavy damage. Another 11 aftershocks were registered after the initial quake at around lunchtime on Tuesday, the most powerful of which measured 4.9, according to the USGS. (Rebecca Blackwell / AP)

Updated on Sep 21, 2017 11:15 AM

A man comforts a frightened student as he collects her from her school in the Roma neighborhood of Mexico City. Earthquakes of magnitude 7 or above are regarded as major and are capable of causing widespread heavy damage. Another 11 aftershocks were registered after the initial quake at around lunchtime on Tuesday, the most powerful of which measured 4.9, according to the USGS. (Rebecca Blackwell / AP)

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A woman walks past a collapsed building after a 7.1 earthquake, in Jojutla, Morelos state, Mexico on September. 19, 2017. The federal interior minister, Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, said authorities had reports of people possibly still being trapped in collapsed buildings. He said search efforts were slow because of the fragility of rubble. US President Donald Trump said on Twitter: ‘God bless the people of Mexico City. We are with you and will be there for you.’ (Eduardo Verdugo / AP)

Updated on Sep 21, 2017 11:15 AM

A woman walks past a collapsed building after a 7.1 earthquake, in Jojutla, Morelos state, Mexico on September. 19, 2017. The federal interior minister, Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, said authorities had reports of people possibly still being trapped in collapsed buildings. He said search efforts were slow because of the fragility of rubble. US President Donald Trump said on Twitter: ‘God bless the people of Mexico City. We are with you and will be there for you.’ (Eduardo Verdugo / AP)

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