150 Aftershocks In Mexico After 7.1 Quake As Death Toll Increases

In eight hours, there are 150 aftershocks of the 7.1 magnitude earthquake registered in Guerrero (videos)

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The National Seismological Service indicated that the most intense aftershock was 5.2 degrees on the Richter Scale

Mexico. – Definitely, a night without rest had the inhabitants of the center and south of the country, especially Guerrero, who experienced during Tuesday night one of the most intense earthquakes that lasted and shook Mexico City and other areas of the country. 

Of the earthquake with magnitude 7.1 degrees on the Richter scale recorded at Southwest Acapulco, Guerrero promptly at 20.47 hours, so far have broken off at the least 150 aftershocks.

The National Seismological Service indicated that until 5:00 in the morning on September 8, one of the most intense aftershocks was 5.2 degrees 3 kilometers northwest of Acapulco at 9:18 p.m.

The initial movement left damage to buildings and structures; so far, according to what the head of government of Mexico City said, there are no victims to regret but the damage is still being assessed.

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Devastation in Mexico as homes, schools and hospitals are flattened and 35 people are killed in country's biggest earthquake for a century

 JULIAN ROBINSON FOR MAILONLINE and DANIEL ROTH FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Homes, schools and hospitals have been ruined and 35 are dead after the biggest Mexican earthquake for a century.

The earthquake was felt across Mexico, toppling houses, shaking buildings in the country's capital and leaving a million without power amid reports tremors were detected as a far away as Austin, Texas - more than 1,300 miles from the epicentre.

Terrified residents in Mexico City ran out into the streets after the quake struck, witnesses said. Tremors were the strongest in a hundred years, according to President Enrique Pena Nieto - greater even than a devastating earthquake in 1985 that hit the capital flattening swathes of the city and killing thousands.

The quake struck at 11.49pm last night, 76 miles southwest of the town of Pijijiapan, at a depth of 43 mile.

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