The death toll has risen to at least 58 after a massive earthquake hit Mexico.
The 8.1 magnitude quake late on Thursday (local time) was stronger than a devastating 1985 temblor that flattened swathes of Mexico City and killed thousands.
Damage to the city was limited as the quake was deeper and further from the capital.
Elsewhere in the country, the quake tore through buildings, forced mass evacuations and triggered alerts as far away as Southeast Asia.
The southern town of Juchitan in Oaxaca state, near the epicenter, was hit particularly hard, with sections of the town hall, a hotel, a bar and other buildings reduced to rubble.
Thousands of people in coastal areas were evacuated as a precaution when the quake sparked tsunami warnings.
Waves rose as high as 0.7m in Mexico, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said, though that threat passed.
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I thought i heard something about tsunami warnings here in new zealand
thats sad
Wow so sad
That’s so bad some of my friends live in Mexico
Sad, sad, sad. I feel sorry for them. :,(
I feel so sorry for those people, it must be a hard time for them, having to live through this.
Sad, very sad indeed. So many incidents happening in the World.
Wow, i feel very sorry for the MEXICANS. I am 69% sure that they will be better soon!
sad
So sad for those people. It must be so hard for them and the builders they might have to build all those building’s again
Who would think that this: amazing, great,funny news?
this is very sad because they have to rebuild everything
sad for all the people in mexico
I feel so sorry for everyone who was affected by that earthquake.
i feel sad for them
i feel bad for them.