Only in the state of Oaxaca the number of victims increased from 46 to 71. As the governor of the state said at the meeting of the crisis headquarters, there is no official confirmation of this figure yet, but in the state of Chiapas there are 15 dead.
In the state of Tabasco - four, - he explained.
At the same time the government of the country announced a three-day national mourning for the dead.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has already stated that the impact of the elements was the strongest in the last hundred years.
Recall, an earthquake with a magnitude of up to 8.2 were recorded the night of Saturday, September 9, in southern Mexico.
The epicenter of the earthquake was in the coastal zone about 90 kilometers to the southwest of the city of Pihihyapan in the state of Chiapas.
As reported URA-Inform, earlier authorities reported 60 dead.