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A magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocked central Mexico on Tuesday

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A rescuer pulls a dog out of the rubble in Mexico City.Yuri Cortez/AFP / Getty Images

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Family members attend a wake for a toddler and his aunt, earthquake victims, in Jojutla, Morelos state, Mexico.Eduardo Verdugo/The Associated Press

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Rescue workers remove a body from rubble at Enrique Rebsamen school in Mexico City.Carlos Jasso/Reuters

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A rescued person is removed from the rubble of a building in the Colonia Obrera neighborhood of Mexico City.Miguel Tovar/The Associated Press

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A woman walks past a collapsed building in Jojutla, Morelos state, Mexico.Eduardo Verdugo/The Associated Press

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Personal items sit amidst debris in Mexico City.Henry Romero/Reuters

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Families fearing aftershocks prepare to sleep on the street in Mexico City.Rebecca Blackwell/The Associated Press

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A man is rescued from a collapsed building in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City.Pablo Ramos/The Associated Press

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Professionals and volunteers remove rubble and debris from a flattened building.Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP / Getty Images

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People react as a real quake rattles Mexico City.Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP / Getty Images

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People remove debris of a collapsed building looking for possible victims after an earthquake rattled Mexico City.Omar Torres/AFP / Getty Images

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A woman talks on her cell phone as people are evacuated from an office building gather after the earthquake in Mexico City.Rebecca Blackwell/The Associated Press

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A man is pulled out of the rubble alive following an earthquake in Mexico City.RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP / Getty Images

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A car is crushed by debris from a damaged building after an earthquake hit Mexico City.ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP / Getty Images

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People walk next to debris after an earthquake in Mexico City.CLAUDIA DAUT/Reuters

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People evacuated from office buildings gather in Reforma Avenue after an earthquake in Mexico City.Rebecca Blackwell/The Associated Press

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A man walks over the rubble of a house badly damaged by an earthquake in Mexico City.RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP / Getty Images

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People hurry to free possible victims out of the rubble of a collapsed building in Mexico City.ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP / Getty Images

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Search for victims in the rubble of a collapsed building in Mexico City.ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP / Getty Images

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People search for survivors in a collapsed building in the Roma neighborhood of Mexico City.Enric Marti/The Associated Press

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A man walks out of the door frame of a building that collapsed after an earthquake, in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City.Marco Ugarte/The Associated Press

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