Mexico’s biggest earthquake in century kills at least 58 September 9, 2017 by shameen View of damages caused by the 8.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Mexico’s Pacific coast, in Juchitan de Zaragoza, state of Oaxaca on September 8, 2017. Mexico’s most powerful earthquake in a century killed at least 35 people, officials said, after it struck the Pacific coast, wrecking homes and sending families fleeing into the streets. / AFP PHOTO / RONALDO SCHEMIDT View of damage caused in Juchitan de Zaragoza, in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, on September 8, 2017, where buildings collapsed after an 8.2 earthquake that hit Mexico’s Pacific coast overnight. Mexico’s most powerful earthquake in a century killed at least 58 people, officials said, after it struck the Pacific coast, wrecking homes and sending families fleeing into the streets. / AFP PHOTO / Pedro Pardo Police officers and members of the Armed Forces work on September 8, 2017 amid the debris of the Town Hall building in Juchitan de Zaragoza, State of Oaxaca, which partially collapsed following an 8.2 earthquake that hit Mexico’s Pacific coast overnight. Mexico’s most powerful earthquake in a century killed at least 35 people, officials said, after it struck the Pacific coast, wrecking homes and sending families fleeing into the streets. / AFP PHOTO / Pedro PARDO Members of Mexico’s armed forces remove debris from collapsed buildings, following an 8.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Mexico’s Pacific coast overnight, on September 8, 2017 in Juchitan de Zaragoza, state of Oaxaca. Mexico’s most powerful earthquake in a century killed at least 58 people, officials said, after it struck the Pacific coast, wrecking homes and sending families fleeing into the streets. / AFP PHOTO / PEDRO PARDO View of damage caused in Juchitan de Zaragoza, in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, on September 8, 2017, where buildings collapsed after an 8.2 earthquake that hit Mexico’s Pacific coast overnight. Mexico’s most powerful earthquake in a century killed at least 58 people, officials said, after it struck the Pacific coast, wrecking homes and sending families fleeing into the streets. / AFP PHOTO / Pedro Pardo Mexican Navy members walk amid debris of the Town Hall building which partially collapsed following an 8.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Mexico’s Pacific coast, in Juchitan de Zaragoza, state of Oaxaca on September 8, 2017. Mexico’s most powerful earthquake in a century killed at least 35 people, officials said, after it struck the Pacific coast, wrecking homes and sending families fleeing into the streets. / AFP PHOTO / RONALDO SCHEMIDT Local residents sit amidst damage caused by the earthquake, which mainly hit Mexico, in Tacana municipality, San Marcos departament, Guatemala, on the border with Mexico, 320 km from Guatemala City, on September 8, 2017. Mexico was severely jolted overnight by an 8.2 magnitude earthquake – the most powerful in a century – which was also felt in much of Guatemala, which borders the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, leaving four people injured and many homes damaged in this Central American country. / AFP PHOTO / JOHAN ORDONEZ View of damages caused by the 8.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Mexico’s Pacific coast, in Juchitan de Zaragoza, state of Oaxaca on September 8, 2017. Mexico’s most powerful earthquake in a century killed at least 35 people, officials said, after it struck the Pacific coast, wrecking homes and sending families fleeing into the streets. / AFP PHOTO / RONALDO SCHEMIDT This handout photograph released by Mexico’s presidential office shows Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto during a tour of Juchitan following an 8.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Mexico’s Pacific coast, in Juchitan, state of Oaxaca on September 8, 2017. Mexico’s most powerful earthquake in a century killed at least 58 people, officials said, after it struck the Pacific coast, wrecking homes and sending families fleeing into the streets. / AFP PHOTO / PRESIDENCIA / HO / == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: “AFP PHOTO / PRESIDENCIA ” / NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS == This handout photograph released by Mexico’s presidential office shows Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto during a tour of Juchitan following an 8.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Mexico’s Pacific coast, in Juchitan, state of Oaxaca on September 8, 2017. Mexico’s most powerful earthquake in a century killed at least 58 people, officials said, after it struck the Pacific coast, wrecking homes and sending families fleeing into the streets. / AFP PHOTO / PRESIDENCIA / HO / == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: “AFP PHOTO / PRESIDENCIA ” / NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS == This handout photograph released by Mexico’s presidential office shows Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto during a tour of Juchitan following an 8.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Mexico’s Pacific coast, in Juchitan, state of Oaxaca on September 8, 2017. Mexico’s most powerful earthquake in a century killed at least 58 people, officials said, after it struck the Pacific coast, wrecking homes and sending families fleeing into the streets. / AFP PHOTO / PRESIDENCIA / HO / == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: “AFP PHOTO / PRESIDENCIA ” / NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==