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Mexico earthquake,

The Mexico government is declaring a 3-days mourning for the victims of the 7.1 earthquake that rocked the state limit between the states Puebla and Morelos, about 7.4 miles southeast of Axochiapan, Morelos and 74.5 miles from Mexico City.

According to the National Coordinator of Civil Protection, Luis Felipe Puente, the death toll of the result of the earthquake is now 248. The epicentres of the earthquakes were in Axochiapan, Morelos, and Chiautla, Puebla. Mexico city sees the highest death toll of 117, while Morelos reported that 55 people have died in the earthquake.

                     

According to a volunteer rescue worker, Pedro Serrano, 29 years old,while speaking to reporters said;

We managed to get into a collapsed classroom. We saw some chairs and wooden tables. The next thing we saw was a leg, and then we started to move rubble and we found a girl and two adults — a woman and a man.

Serrano also said that 25 people were found dead at the  Enrique Rebsamen school, and said 21 were children and four adults. 24 students in the same were also rescued and were taken to the hospital for care.

According to the National Seismic Service, Mexico is  an area of high seismicity due to the interaction of 5 plates tectonics: The plate of North America, the one of Cocos, the one of the Pacific, the plate of Rivera and the plaque of the Caribbean. The National Seismic Service reports that at least 40 earthquakes happen each day.

According to current information, 41 building have collapsed in the earthquakes.

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Twenty people are believed to have been killed in an earthquake that hit Central Italy this morning. The 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit Amatrice, and half of the city is gone due to the impact of the disaster.

The quake hit the town around  03:36 (01:36 GMT), 100km (65 miles) northeast of Rome, at a shallow depth of 10km, and at the time of writing, 21 people including children have reported to have died and many other missing.

                       

The mayor of Accumoli,Stefano Petrucci said;

   Now that daylight has come, we see that the situation is even more dreadful than we feared, with buildings collapsed, people trapped under the rubble and no sound of life. One person was pulled out of the rubble during the night,Then there is a family of four under a collapsed house and sadly there are two small children among them

The earthquake also caused damage to surrounding regions - Umbria, Lazio and Marche.

The damage was severe because the epicentre was at a relatively shallow 4 km below the surface of the earth.

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A 7.3 magnitude earthquake has hit Southern Japan, near the city of Kumamoto on Friday, just a day after a strong but small earthquake hit the same region. A Tsunami alert was issued for Ariake sea and Yatshushiro sea, but was later withdrawn. Photos emerging on social media shows rescue team trying to rescue people from building a fire and wreckage.

                   

At least one person has been killed according to local media reports. More than 400 people are being treated in hospitals, and people living near the dam have been asked to evacuate the dam for fears it might crumble.

                             

Watch a video of the earthquake

                

          

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