• Relatives of people who are presumed still buried under the rubble from a building toppled by the 7.1 magnitude quake that struck central Mexico one week ago wait for news in Mexico City on Tuesday. A week after an earthquake that killed more than 300 people, a shaken Mexico was torn Tuesday between trying to get back to normal and keeping up an increasingly hopeless search for survivors. | AFP-JIJI
    Relatives of people who are presumed still buried under the rubble from a building toppled by the 7.1 magnitude quake that struck central Mexico one week ago wait for news in Mexico City on Tuesday. A week after an earthquake that killed more than 300 people, a shaken Mexico was torn Tuesday between trying to get back to normal and keeping up an increasingly hopeless search for survivors. | AFP-JIJI

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MEXICO CITY – Rescuers are unlikely to find any more survivors of Mexico’s earthquake still buried in the ruins, the emergency services chief said, with anger rising about a lack of information among relatives of an estimated 40 people still buried under rubble.

Tuesday marks one week since the 7.1 magnitude quake struck at lunchtime, killing 331 people, damaging 11,000 homes and leading to a outpouring of civilian volunteers to aid victims and grieving relatives.

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