Mexico city airport earthquake2/1/2024 ![]() With barely room to move, in an intensely claustrophobic situation, Pedro Serrano, 29, a doctor, managed to make it into a collapsed classroom only to find all occupants dead. Teams on the scene in southern Mexico City have used whatever means available - including bare hands - to claw through the rubble all night. View Gallery: Powerful earthquake strikes Mexico City Officials overseeing the rescue operations said as many as 40 people were believed to remain trapped in the school, which collapsed with kindergarteners caught on the ground floor. All but four were children, according to the federal education department. ![]() More: Deadliest earthquakes of the past decadeĪ number of the fatalities occurred at two schools, including 25 dead at the Enrique Rebsamen School. More: 'People were screaming': 'La Voz' reporter describes Mexico City earthquake Mexico City Mayor Miguel Ángel Mancera said 39 buildings in the capital were destroyed and another 30 properties seriously damaged, La Prensa reports. Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto declared three days of mourning. The quake hit near the town of Raboso, about 76 miles southeast of Mexico City, the U.S. Luis Felipe Puente, head of the Civil Protection, said on Twitter that the fatalities included 94 from Mexico City, 71 from Morelos State, 43 in Puebla, 12 in the State of Mexico, four in Guerrero and one in Oaxaca. ![]() The magnitude-7.1 earthquake rocked the capital and surrounding area Tuesday, 32 years to the day after a major quake devastated the capital city in 1985. The city’s Social Development Department tweeted the number Wednesday afternoon and added: “We won’t stop.” Workers pulled 52 people from the rubble of collapsed buildings in the capital, the Mexico City government said. Watch Video: The search for survivors at school destroyed by Mexico City earthquake ![]()
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