According to the head of the emergency rescue service of Mexico, Luis Felipe Puente, 64 people died in the state of Morelos, 36 in Mexico City, 29 in the state of Puebla, nine in Mexico City and one person died in the state of Guerrero. Powerful shocks were felt also in Mexico City.

Reported fires and collapse of buildings in the city. However, rescuers assume that under the rubble may still be people.

In the city, in the streets in many areas traffic is completely blocked, huge traffic jams have formed, local residents report gas leaks.

Local authorities suspended the work of the International Airport of Mexico City Benito Juarez.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, in the south-east of Mexico there was an earthquake of magnitude 7.1. Underground pushes were recorded on September 19 at about nine o'clock in the evening on Kiev time. The epicenter was 49 kilometers south-west of the city of Puebla de Zaragoza and eight kilometers from the village of Tepejuma. The hearth of the earthquake lay at a depth of 60 kilometers.