Barely hours after it was reported that the death toll from the strong earthquake which struck central Mexico, was at 49, it has increased..

According the BBC, the death toll now stands at more than 200 people..

President Enrique Peña Nieto said more than 20 children had died and 30 were missing after a school collapsed.

The 7.1 magnitude quake also caused major damage in neighbouring states.



The tremor struck shortly after many people had taken part in an earthquake drill, exactly 32 years after a quake killed thousands in Mexico City.

The country is prone to earthquakes and earlier this month an 8.1 magnitude tremor in the south left at least 90 dead.

The epicentre of the latest quake was near Atencingo in Puebla state, about 120km (75 miles) from Mexico City, with a depth of 51km, the US Geological Survey said.



An earlier death toll of nearly 250 was lowered to 216 by the country's national co-ordinator for civil protection:

Morelos state: 71 dead
Puebla state: 43 dead
Mexico City: 86 dead
Mexico state: 12 dead
Guerrero: 3 dead
Oaxaca: 1

President Peña Nieto said more than 20 children and two adults had been found dead at the collapsed Enrique Rebsamen school in Mexico City's southern Coapa district. He said another 30 children and eight adults were missing.

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