The statement said the United Nations stands ready to assist Mexico following the quake, which has killed at least 139 people and devastated central Mexico. Guterres extends his condolences to the government and people of Mexico and wishes those injured a speedy recovery, according to a statement released by his spokesman. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he is saddened by the loss of life and damage resulting from the earthquake in Mexico. “It fell and everything inside was damaged,” she said. When the quake came, she said the children and teachers rapidly filed out. “I told them that it was not a game, that we should be prepared,” Anzures said of the drill. The Instituto Morelos secondary school partly collapsed, but school director Adelina Anzures said the earthquake drill the school held in the morning came in handy just two hours later when the real quake struck. _īuildings collapsed, including the town hall and local church, in the town of Jojutla in southern Morelos state, which was close to the epicenter of Tuesday’s magnitude 7.1 quake. Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.1 quake was centered near the Puebla state town of Raboso, about 76 miles (123 kilometers) southeast of Mexico City. The count did not include one death reported by officials in Oaxaca state. Ten people died in Mexico State, which surrounds the capital, and three in Guerrero state. Luis Felipe Puente said 55 people died in Morelos state, just south of the capital, while 49 died in Mexico City and 32 died in Puebla state, where the quake was centered. The head of Mexico’s civil defense agency says the nationwide death toll from Tuesday’s earthquake has risen to 149.
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