Soldiers stand guard near the Sensacion hotel which collapsed with the powerful earthquake that struck Mexico overnight, in Matias Romero, Oaxaca State.
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Passers-by take snapshots of firefighters working on a building, damaged during the 8.1 earthquake that hit early today, in Mexico City.
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A view of a partially collapsed hotel in Matias Romero, Oaxaca state.
(Felix Marquez / Associated Pess)
Mexico and Guatemala were severely jolted overnight by an 8.1 magnitude earthquake. This building was damaged in Tacaná, Guatemala.
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Evacuated patients lie on their hospital beds shaded by a tree, in the aftermath of a massive earthquake in Juchitan, Mexico.
(Luis Alberto Cruz / Associated Press)
A soldier walks by a partially collapsed structure in the town of Matias Romero, Mexico.
(Felix Marquez / Associated Pess)
Residents stand in front of rubble from a partially collapsed building felled by a massive earthquake in Juchitan, Mexico.
(Luis Alberto Cruz / Associated Press)
A fence collapses on a car after an 8.1 earthquake hit southern Mexico.
(Agustin Salinas /Tribune News Service)
Residents stay in shelters after a 8.1 magtnitude earthquake in Tapachula, Mexico.
(JOSE TORRES / EPA)
Damage to the municipal palace of Juchitan after a 8.1 magtnitude earthquake in Tapachula, Mexico.
(Pedro Rasgado / EPA)
A couple examines the damaged floor of their patio in Coatzacoalcos, in the Veracruz state of Mexico, after a magnitude 8.1 earthquake. Fifty million Mexicans are estimated to have felt the quake.
(Angel Hernandez / European Pressphoto Agency)
A car lies under a pile of rubble from a damaged building in the eastern area of Mexico City after a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck off the coast.
Patients and doctors of a hospital in Villahermosa, Mexico, remain outside after a powerful earthquake shook Mexico.
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Doctors, patients and family members wait outside a hospital in Villahermosa, Mexico, after a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck off the coast.
(European Pressphoto Agency)
A man dressed in a bathrobe waits outside with dozens of other people in downtown Mexico City after a powerful earthquake toppled buildings, damaged hospitals and sent skyscrapers swaying hundreds of miles away.
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Power poles and electrical wires are scattered along a sidewalk in the eastern area of Mexico City. About 1.5 million people lost electricity after a powerful earthquake toppled power lines across the country.
