The agency had briefly raised the confirmed death toll to 248 before lowering it to 216. Mexico's seismological agency said the quake's epicentre was located at Axochiapan, about 120 kilometres south-east of Mexico City. The majority of deaths so far have been reported in the capital Mexico City where 117 people died, Civil Defence agency head Luis Felipe Puente wrote on Twitter. Earlier, 21 children and four adults were killed in Mexico City when their school building collapsed, said Education Secretary Javier Trevino. On hearing news of the quake, US President Donald Trump sent a message on Twitter: "God bless the people of Mexico City.

Source: The China Post September 20, 2017 09:22 UTC