Mexico Earthquake : News Live

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**************News: ************* On Tuesday 19 September 2017 there was an earthquake of magnitude 7.1 near Puebla, Mexico – approximately 140km south-east of Mexico City.
Damage has been severe.
Mexico City airport was closed temporarily, but has now reopened.
Please contact your airline in the first instance if you are due to fly out on 19 or 20 September.
Local authorities are opening up shelters for those most badly affected, details will be released by Proteccion Civil.
If you are in the area, you should follow the advice of the local authorities.
The British embassy in Mexico City remains closed and phone lines are intermittent due to structural damage. **************News: *************A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake has killed at least 149 people, including 22 pupils from one school in central Mexico, according to officials.The tremor on Tuesday struck 8km southeast of Atencingo in the central state of Puebla, about 120km from the capital, Mexico City, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.Scores of buildings collapsed into mounds of rubble or were severely damaged in densely populated parts of Mexico City and nearby states."At the moment..149 [are] deceased," Luis Felipe Puente, director of the government's civil protection service, said on Twitter late on Tuesday.He said there were 49 deaths in Mexico City.In Morelos state, directly south of the capital, at least 55 people were killed.The state of Puebla, where the epicentre of the earthquake struck, reported at least 32 deaths.At least 10 people died in Mexico state, which lies just to the west of Mexico City, while in Guerrero one person died.President Enrique Pena Nieto said that among those killed were 22 children from the Enrique Rebsamen School in southern Mexico City, while 38 were still missing.**************News: *************Mexico was struck by a powerful earthquake on Tuesday that killed at least 217 people and toppled several buildings in the capital.The death toll was slightly reduced, after it climbed throughout the night as rescue workers continued digging through rubble, with 21 children at a collapsed primary school among those killed. The 7.1 magnitude earthquake came on the anniversary of a devastating 1985 temblor that caused major damage to Mexico City, and struck as many people took part in an earthquake drill.