A powerful 7.1 earthquake rocked central Mexico collapsing homes and buildings across hundreds of miles, killing over 300 people on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017.

Rescue workers ask for silence to listen for noises underneath the ruble while they continue looking for people in a collapsed six story residential building in Colonia Condesa, in Mexico City.

The Mexican Army working along side civilians pause while loading debris while search and rescue ask for silence to listen for noises as they continue digging for people in a collapsed six story residential building in Colonia Condesa.

Rescue teams search for people in the rubble of a collapsed office building along Calle Alvaro Obregon in Colonia Condesa.

Members of the Mexican Army nap after helping in the search and rescue of people trapped in collapsed buildings.

Susana Coronel Flores, whose nephew Adrian Moreno is missing in a collapsed building, sheds a tear as the search continues for victims buried under the rubble along Calle Alvaro Obregon in La Condesa.

Dairo Martinez, 15, looks for the name of his friend Reyna Davila, a student at Enrique Rebsamen School in Colonia Nueva Oriental Coapa in Mexico City. Enrique Rebsamen School was toppled during the earthquake trapping students in the rubble.

Volunteers along side the Mexican Military remove rubble beginning the reconstruction process where a block of homes were destroyed by the recent quake along calle 10 de Abril in Jojutla, Morelos. Jojutla, population 57,000, was among the hardest-hit places, near the earthquake’s epicenter also in the state of Morelos.

Heróico Ayuntamiento, the local Government Office, suffered structural damage from the recent earthquake in Jojutla, Morelos.

Woman line up to receive provisions at a distribution center at the church in San Gregorio Atlapulco, Delegation Xochimilco. People are without electricity and lack the basic necessities.

Volunteer Luis Martinez hands out water to be distributed in the surrounding area in San Gregorio Atlapulco, Delegation Xochimilco.

Jennifer Perez, 11, hauls water to her home, while others wait in line at a distribution area in San Gregorio Atlapulco, Delegation Xochimilco.

Search and rescue teams look for victims under the rubble at a collapsed building where five people were found dead in Colonia Roma in Mexico City.
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