The death toll in the Mexico earthquake has risen to 226, head of Mexico’s Civil Protection Service Luis Felipe Puente said on Wednesday.
"An update, at the moment there are 226 reported deaths – 55 in Morelos, 117 in Mexico City, 39 in Puebla, 12 in the State of Mexico and three in Guerrero," Puente said on his Twitter account.
#Actualización, al momento se reportan 226 fallecidos: 55 en #Morelos, 117 en #CDMX, #39 en #Puebla, 12 en #Edoméx y 3 en #Guerrero.
— Luis Felipe Puente (@LUISFELIPE_P) 20 сентября 2017 г.
A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Mexico late on Tuesday. It was the second major earthquake in the country over the past weeks with the previous one, the 5.7 magnitude earthquake, occurring on September 8.
The epicenter of the earthquake was located 49 kilometers (some 30.5 miles) south-west of the city of Puebla de Zaragoza at a depth of 60 kilometers, the report by the European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) showed.