Mexico's situation after earthquake (FOTO)

Periskopi

20 September 2017, 12:31(9 years ago)

A devastating quake of 7.1 magnitude hit central Mexico on Tuesday on the exact anniversary of one of Mexico's worst disasters, just on the same date in 1985 that killed 10,000 people and left thousands homeless. In the aftermath of such a disaster, precise damage figures [...]

In the aftermath of such a disaster, the exact numbers of damage and death are hard to find.

What's important: Early reports are said to be more than 100 deaths, along with dozens of collapsed buildings in Mexico City and in neighbouring states.

People are trapped in ruins. This is a major and even life - threatening emergency and will likely take a long time to clean up and calculate living on it. /Periscopi/