A particularly difficult situation has developed in Mexico City. As it is said on the official website of the government of the republic, the state of emergency was introduced because of the difficult situation in the city.

This will enable the city authorities to provide the affected population with products, housing and medical facilities, the government explained, adding that such actions activate the resources of the Emergency Assistance Fund.

Recall, in the south-east of Mexico, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 points. 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.

As reported URA-Inform, as of the morning of Wednesday, the death toll from the earthquake in Mexico increased to 139 people.