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1 Magnitude Earthquake Leaves More Than 200 Dead And Destroys Buildings In Mexico
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Central Mexico has been hit by an earthquake of 7.1 magnitudes which as destroyed many
buildings and left more than 200 people dead. Mexico is now in a state of emergency the
Interior Ministry revealed on Twitter.
Twenty children along with two adults lost their lives in an elementary school that was
destroyed in Mexico City. The president of Mexico Enrique Pena Nieto said that thirty
children are also uncounted for and with the rescue mission at the school still underway it
is expected that the number is going to rise. The president revealed that 500 military
servicemen along with 200 belonging to the civil protection unit are presently working at
the site to find the children.
A witness who worked at the clinic in Mexico City said that people were scared and she
had seen buildings collapsing and had given aid to people who had been affected by the
earthquake. She said that many residents have left all their belongings behind as they ran
out of buildings that were in danger of collapsing.
One resident said that they left everything behind and just ran and got out very fast. The
public transport system and metro system in Mexico City said that they would give free
rides to people on all of their lines.
The National Emergency Committee will be holding a meeting to try to coordinate the relief
efforts along with assessing damage and Nieto said that the MX Plan had been activated,
which is a response plan that was put into place for dealing with major emergencies.
More than 3.8 million people in Mexico have been left without any power due to the
earthquake and it led to many fires breaking out inside buildings all around the city of
Mexico, with some people trapped inside buildings. Witnesses said that pictures had fallen
from the walls, computer monitors fell over and other objects shook to the ground. The
witness reported people hiding under desks. All around Mexico City there were buildings
with facades that had collapsed and the streets were strewn with debris.
The earthquake hit Mexico just a few hours after many people had taken part in a drill,
which had been held on the anniversary of the1985 earthquake which had seen over
5,000 people lose their lives. Mexico City was founded on an old lakebed and this is said
to magnify the earthquake effects, even if located hundreds of kilometers away from the
earthquake location.
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