The number of victims of the earthquake in Mexico has reached 360 people
According to preliminary estimates of the authorities on liquidation of consequences of natural disasters in some regions will require more than $2 billion.
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MEXICO city, September 30. /TASS/. The bodies of five victims of the earthquake of September 19 was extracted from the rubble in Mexico city. Thus, the total death toll has reached to date, 360 people. This was reported on Saturday, the national coordinator of civil defense, Luis Felipe Puente.
“All [the country] 360 dead: 219 in the [city] of Mexico, 74 in the state of Morelos, 45 in Puebla, 13 in the state of Mexico, six in Guerrero and one in Oaxaca,” wrote the Puente. More than 300 people still remain in hospitals. More than 20 thousand people after the disaster a magnitude of 7.1 received psychological help.
The epicenter was located 12 km South-East from the village of Axochiapan (Morelos), located 111 km South of the capital of the country. Hearth lies at a depth of 57 km. After the earthquake have been recorded dozens of aftershocks of magnitude 4.0.
According to preliminary estimates of the authorities on liquidation of consequences of natural disasters in some regions will require more than $2 billion.