Quake Death Toll Rises to 90 as State of Oaxaca Reports More Fatalities The National
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The death toll from the massive earthquake that struck Mexico on Thursday night rose to at least 90 after emergency services in Oaxaca confirmed 71 confirmed fatalities in the state alone.

"It's 71. Just for Oaxaca," a spokesman for the state civil protection authority said.

At least 15 people died in the neighbouring state of Chiapas, local authorities said, while another four deaths were confirmed in the state of Tabasco to the north.

The 8.1 magnitude quake that struck off the coast of Chiapas was stronger than the devastating 1985 temblor that flattened swathes of Mexico City and killed thousands.



Most of the deaths in Oaxaca were in Juchitan, where some residents continued to sleep outside, fearful of more collapses as strong aftershocks continued to rattle the town, including a magnitude 5.2 jolt early on Sunday.

Local officials said they had counted nearly 800 aftershocks of all sizes since Thursday, and the US Geological Survey counted nearly 60 with a magnitude of 4.5 or greater.

Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto said a third of Juchitan's homes had collapsed or were uninhabitable.

Teams of soldiers and federal police armed with shovels and sledgehammers fanned out across Juchitan to demolish damaged buildings and lorries began hauling away the many tonnes of rubble.

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