Monday, 11/09/2017 22:11 (GMT+7)
An earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale, followed by a Gulf coast hurricane, has killing at least 61 people In Mexico.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto in a visit to Juchitan de Zaragoza on September 8th (Source: Xinhua/VNA)
The quake struck off the country’s southern Pacific coast, 165km west of the state of Chiapas, just before midnight on September 7th local time
On September 8th, President Enrique Pena Nieto said in a televised address that 61 people were killed by the quake, 45 in Oaxaca state, 12 in Chiapas and 4 in Tabasco, and he declared three days of national mourning.
The Interior Department reported that 428 homes were destroyed and 1,700 were damaged in various cities and town in Chiapas.
Rescuers searched for survivors with sniffer dogs and used heavy machinery at the city's main square to pull rubble away from city hall, where a missing police officer was believed to be.
The city’s civil defence coordinator, Jose Antonio Marin Lopez, said similar searches have been going on all over the area./.
Compiled by BTA