A magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocked central Mexico on Tuesday,
killing at least 55 people as buildings collapsed in plumes of dust and
thousands fled into the streets in panic.
The quake came less than two weeks after another quake left 90 dead
in the country's south, and it occurred as Mexicans commemorated the
anniversary of a 1985 quake that killed thousands.
Mexican media broadcast images of multiple downed buildings in densely populated parts of Mexico City and nearby Cuernavaca.
A column of smoke rose from a structure in one central neighborhood in the capital. Morelos Gov. Graco Ramirez reported on Twitter that at least 42 people had died in his state south of Mexico City.
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Mexican media broadcast images of multiple downed buildings in densely populated parts of Mexico City and nearby Cuernavaca.
A column of smoke rose from a structure in one central neighborhood in the capital. Morelos Gov. Graco Ramirez reported on Twitter that at least 42 people had died in his state south of Mexico City.
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