MEXICO-CITY –
UPDATE 08.21 pm – Buildings collapsed, people were under the rubble buried and the metropolis of Mexico City is paralysed: in a heavy earthquake with a strength of 7.1 in Mexico, at least 226 people to the life to come.
A map of quakes in Mexico, with the vehement of 7.1 in the area of Puebla, near the capital city.
Photo:
USGS
People run around crying on the street.
Photo:
AFP
More than half of the casualties in the hard-hit metropolis. Also there were deaths in the states of Morelos, Puebla, Mexico and Guerrero.
Alone in Mexico City plunged 38 buildings. The airport was closed and the stock market shut down.
3.8 million people without power
At least 3.8 million people are without power. The centre of the earthquake was only 120 kilometers southeast of Mexico City in the state of Puebla.
The president of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto has a helicopter flight made in order to form a view of the damage.
The country was earlier this month also struck by a powerful earthquake of 8.1, which is the epicentre off the coast lay. Then came nearly a hundred people to life.
Crushed
In Mexico City, Mexico, ran the people in panic the street on. On television and social media went into images of vehicles which have been crushed by falling debris. Also noticed the power off in parts of the capital, who exactly 32 years ago, was also hit by a devastating earthquake.
Lack of clarity
Mexicans in the city reacted, startled: “I was at work when I the whole building felt shaking,” said a woman. “We ran outside. We were very afraid.”
The country was earlier this month also struck by a powerful earthquake. Then came nearly a hundred people to life. It was a very powerful earthquake with a strength of 8.1, which is the epicentre off the coast lay.