Death toll is expected to rise after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes 120km from Mexico City, collapsing buildings and killing at least 216 peopleIf you´ve been affected you can share your story here 8.12am BST The Mexican public education secretary, Aurelio Nuño, said four of the dead were in the Mexico City campus of the Tecnológico de Monterrey university. He added that 40 people were also injured.En el @TecdeMonterrey, campus Ciudad de México, cuatro personas murieron y hubo 40 heridos. 7.55am BST There is hope that the number of people killed in the earthquake could be slightly lower than feared. Less than an hour ago, the head of Mexico´s civil protection agency, Luis Felipe Puente, put it at 248. But he has since revised the figure down to 216 people.#Ajuste Hasta el momento se reportan 216 fallecidos: 86 #CDMX, 71 #Morelos, 43 #Puebla, 12 #Edoméx, 3 #Guerrero y 1 #Oaxaca. 7.03am BST 7.02am BST 6.52am BST The education secretary says more than 200 schools in Mexico City have been affected, 15 suffering major damage.Tienen algún tipo de afectación 209 escuelas de la Ciudad de México, 15 con daños mayores, de acuerdo con los datos preliminares. 6.51am BST Here is a breakdown of where the deaths have taken place. Mexico City has suffered 117 fatalities. The latest death toll: 226 - 117 in Mexico City https://t.co/9IswytFvCM 6.45am BST Reuters reports that Mexico´s interior minister has said that at least 224 people have been killed by the quake. 6.38am BST A list of those rescued from a collapsed building in the earthquake. Many people are still missing. Their relatives can do nothing but wait. pic.twitter.com/kPonu5Osal 6.30am BST Images have come through from the scene of the collapsed Enrique Rebsamen school, where at least 20 children have died. 6.18am BST There is some remarkable and terrifying video footage of a section of road rising and falling during the earthquake.Así es como se levantaba el pavimento durante el sismo #FuerzaMexico #PrayForMex ...
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