Magnitude 8.1 quake hits off the coast of Mexico

Soldiers stand guard near the Sensacion hotel which collapsed with the powerful earthquake that struck Mexico overnight, in Matias Romero, Oaxaca State.

Passers-by take snapshots of firefighters working on a building, damaged during the 8.1 earthquake that hit early today, in Mexico City.

A view of a partially collapsed hotel in Matias Romero, Oaxaca state.

Mexico and Guatemala were severely jolted overnight by an 8.1 magnitude earthquake. This building was damaged in Tacaná, Guatemala.

Evacuated patients lie on their hospital beds shaded by a tree, in the aftermath of a massive earthquake in Juchitan, Mexico.

A soldier walks by a partially collapsed structure in the town of Matias Romero, Mexico.

Residents stand in front of rubble from a partially collapsed building felled by a massive earthquake in Juchitan, Mexico.

A fence collapses on a car after an 8.1 earthquake hit southern Mexico.

Residents stay in shelters after a 8.1 magtnitude earthquake in Tapachula, Mexico.

Damage to the municipal palace of Juchitan after a 8.1 magtnitude earthquake in Tapachula, Mexico.

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.

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.

Doctors, patients and family members wait outside a hospital in Villahermosa, Mexico, after a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck off the coast.

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.

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.

Streets are littered with rubble and downed power lines in Mexico City.

Walls among some buildings in Oaxaca, Mexico, collapsed following a magnitude 8.1 earthquake off the coast of Mexico.