A devastating quake in Mexico killed more than 100 people Tuesday, according to officials, with a preliminary 30 deaths recorded in the capital where rescue efforts were still ongoing.
Volunteers and emergency crews were digging through the rubble of 29 collapsed buildings in Mexico City, according to municipal authorities.
The overall toll rose steadily in the hours after the 7.1-magnitude quake to at least 105, according to the national disaster response agency CENAPRED.
Directly south of Mexico City, Morelos state suffered 42 of the deaths.
Thirty deaths were confirmed in the capital.
Puebla, a town southeast of Mexico City, registered 26 deaths, while Mexico state, which lies just to the west, had seven deaths.
Tuesday’s disaster occurred exactly 32 years after a 1985 quake in Mexico City that killed 10,000 people. – AFP.
