Mexican and international rescue teams remove a platform as they search for survivors in a collapsed building after an earthquake at Roma neighbourhood in Mexico City, Mexico on 23 September. The US Geological Survey said the new, magnitude 6.1 temblor was centered about 18km south-southeast of Matias Romero in the state of Oaxaca, which was the region most battered by a magnitude 8.1 quake on 7 September. Buildings and street signs swayed and seismic alarms sounded in Mexico City, prompting people with fresh memories of Tuesday’s magnitude 7.1 temblor that has killed at least 295 across the region to flee homes and hotels. Mexico City mayor Miguel Angel Mancera said there were no reports of significant new damage in the capital, and rescue efforts related to Tuesday’s quake were continuing. More than half the dead—157—perished in the capital, while another 73 died in the state of Morelos, 45 in Puebla, 13 in Mexico State, six in Guerrero and one in Oaxaca.

Source: Mint September 23, 2017 16:18 UTC