Mexico quake death toll hits 337
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NEW YORK, (APP/AA): The death toll from last week's magnitude- 7.1 earthquake in Mexico has risen to 337, officials said.
The casualties include 198 in the capital Mexico City, head of National Civil Defense, Luis Felipe Puente said in a tweet.
There were 74 dead in Morelos, 45 in Puebla, 13 in Edomex, 6 in Guerrero and 1 in Oaxaca, Puente said.
Mexico was struck by a powerful earthquake on Sept. 19 near the capital, killing hundreds and damaging thousands of buildings.
It followed on the heels of a massive magnitude-8.2 temblor on Sept. 8 the most powerful the country has seen in the last three decades, which killed nearly 100 people.
