Rescue workers search for people trapped in a collapsed building in the Piedad Narvarte neighbourhood of Mexico City. The huge volunteer effort included people from all walks of life in Mexico City, where social classes seldom mix. The family moved to the city of Puebla — some 135 kilometres southeast of Mexico City — two months ago. Where a six-story office building collapsed in Mexico City, sisters Cristina and Victoria Lopez Torres formed part of a human chain passing bottled water. Much of Mexico City is built on former lakebed, and the soil can amplify the effects of earthquakes centred hundreds of miles away.

Source: thestar September 20, 2017 08:03 UTC