A powerful earthquake has struck with an epicentre just 123 kilometres southeast of Mexico City. Online reports from the ground describe buildings shaking across the nation’s capital.

According to the U.S Geological Survey, the earthquake was a magnitude 7.1 on the Richter scale and was centred near the town of Raboso in Puebla state.

At the time of writing, there were not yet confirmed fatalities or major damage to report, although that will likely change as new information becomes available. Amateur videos shot from Mexico City skyscrapers and posted on social media show large clouds of dust rising from many areas of the streets below.

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The quake follows a similarly large seismic event that struck earlier this month. On September 8, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake hit off the coast, roughly 1,000 kilometres southeast of Mexico City. An estimated 90 people were reported killed, most of them in the states of Chiapas and Oaxaca.

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The date of today’s earthquake, September 19, happens to be exactly 32 years after an 8.0 magnitude quake devastated the capital and killed more than 5,000 people.

Update: More than 100 dead and dozens of buildings collapsed after 7.1 earthquake near Mexico City

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