On September 19, 2017, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook Mexico City, rattling skyscrapers and sending millions into the streets. Reuters is reporting at least 200 deaths across several Mexican states. Coincidentally, Tuesday was the 32nd anniversary of the devastating 1985 Mexico City earthquake, an occasion that led to many first responders and volunteers already being gathered outside, taking part in earthquake-preparedness drills. Below, some early images of the still-unfolding disaster in Mexico City. Updated with new 12 new images on September 20.
Photos of the Earthquake in Mexico City
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Read morePeople remove debris from a collapsed building, looking for possible victims after a quake rattled Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read morePeople react as an earthquake shakes Mexico City on September 19, 2017, moments after an earthquake drill was held in the capital. #
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Read morePeople evacuated from office buildings gather in Reforma Avenue after an earthquake in Mexico City, on September 19, 2017. A powerful earthquake jolted central Mexico on Tuesday, causing buildings to sway sickeningly in the capital. #
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Read moreRemains of a damaged building, after an earthquake in Mexico City, on September 19, 2017. #
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Read moreA person rescued from the rubble gets medical assistance after a powerful quake in Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read moreA man walks out of the door frame of a building that collapsed after an earthquake, in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City, on September 19, 2017. #
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Read moreA woman tries to reach people on her cellphone after she evacuated with others to Paseo de la Reforma Avenue after an earthquake in Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read moreA car crushed by debris from a damaged building in Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read moreRescuers display a placard reading "Silence," as they hurry to free possible victims from the rubble of a collapsed building after a quake rattled Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read moreAn injured person is taken away on a stretcher by rescuers on September 19, 2017, in Mexico City. #
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Read moreAn injured woman is helped after a powerful quake in Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read morePeople remove pieces of a collapsed building in Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Click to view imageRead moreThe body of woman hangs crushed by a partially-collapsed building in the neighborhood of Roma Norte, in Mexico City, on September 19, 2017. #
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Read morePeople remain in the streets after a quake shook Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read moreA rescuer looks for possible victims after a quake in Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read moreA man is pulled from the rubble alive, following an earthquake in Mexico City, on September 19, 2017. #
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Read moreThe collapsed facade of a building litters a street in Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read morePeople react after a quake rattled Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read moreA smashed car sits outside a building after an earthquake in Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read moreA woman is carried away after being pulled out of the rubble of a collapsed building in Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read morePeople are assisted after being injured during the earthquake in Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read moreA boy with his face covered due to a gas leak holds a man's hand as people gather in Reforma Avenue after the quake on September 19, 2017. #
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Read morePeople hurry to free possible victims from the rubble of a collapsed building in Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read moreAn injured man is carried away by rescuers in Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read moreA construction worker searches a building that collapsed after an earthquake, in the Roma neighborhood of Mexico City, on September 19, 2017. #
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Read morePatients lie on their hospital beds after being evacuated following the earthquake in Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read moreA collapsed building stands after an earthquake in the Narvarte neighborhood of Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read moreVolunteers search a building that collapsed after an earthquake in the Roma neighborhood of Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read moreA man is rescued from a collapsed building in the Condesa neighborhood after an earthquake struck Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read moreRescue workers and volunteers search for survivors in a collapsed building in the Del Valle neighborhood in Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read moreMexican rescuers search for survivors in a severely damaged multistory building in Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read moreRescuers, firefighters, policemen, soldiers, and volunteers remove rubble and debris from a flattened building in search of survivors after a powerful quake in Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read morePeople climb over the debris of a collapsed building in Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read moreFirst responders work on removing the rubble of a collapsed building in Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read morePeople in Mexico City pass buckets and shovels to remove the rubble of a collapsed building on September 19, 2017. #
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Read moreFiremen search for survivors in a four-story building that collapsed in the Colonia Obrera neighborhood of Mexico City on September 19, 2017. #
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Read morePeople walk past victims of a powerful quake in Atzala, Puebla, Mexico, on September 19, 2017. #
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Read moreRescuers, firefighters, policemen, soldiers, and volunteers work under searchlights to continue removing rubble and debris from a flattened building on September 19, 2017. #
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Read moreRescuers, firefighters, policemen, soldiers, and volunteers search for survivors in Mexico City early on September 20, 2017. #
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Read moreA rescuer pulls a dog out of the rubble during the search for survivors in Mexico City on September 20, 2017. #
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