Rescue workers have been working hard at finding survivors from a primary school which collapsed in Mexico City, killing at least 30 people, mostly children, as government has put the official toll at 225.
Desperate searches for survivors under rubble are continuing with rescue workers contending with dozens of toppled buildings and much of the electricity supply cut and broken gas mains sparked fires.
The tremor struck shortly after many people had taken part in an earthquake drill, exactly 32 years after another quake killed thousands in the capital.
Mexico is prone to earthquakes and earlier this month an 8.1 magnitude tremor in the south left at least 90 people dead.
