PHOTOS: Powerful earthquake hits central Mexico

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Tuesday, September 19, 2017
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PHOTOS: Powerful earthquake hits central MexicoRescue workers and volunteers search for survivors on a collapsed building the Del Valle neighborhood in Mexico City, Tuesday Sept. 19, 2017.
AP Photo/Miguel Tovar

MEXICO CITY (KABC) -- A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake jolted central Mexico, cracking building facades and scattering rubble on streets in the capital on the anniversary of a devastating 1985 quake.



The temblor, which struck on Tuesday, was centered near the Puebla state town of Raboso, about 76 miles (123 kilometers) southeast of Mexico City.





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