Quake destruction a nightmare for Mexican town

Quake destruction a nightmare for Mexican town

The owner of a stationery store in Juchitan, a town in southern Mexico's Oaxaca, stands amid the rubble of her shop on Sept. 9, 2017, two days after it was destroyed by the strongest earthquake to hit the country since 1985. Oaxaca state bore the brunt of casualties and damage caused by the magnitude-8.1 quake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Quake destruction a nightmare for Mexican town

Quake destruction a nightmare for Mexican town

A resident of Juchitan in southern Mexico's Oaxaca stands amid the rubble of her home on Sept. 9, 2017, two days after it was destroyed by the strongest earthquake to hit the country since 1985. The woman described how she and her two grandchildren escaped when the magnitude-8.1 temblor hit in the middle of the night while they were sleeping. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Quake destruction a nightmare for Mexican town

Quake destruction a nightmare for Mexican town

People pass by the rubble of a collapsed clothing store in Juchitan, a town in southern Mexico's Oaxaca, on Sept. 9, 2017, two days after the strongest earthquake to hit the country since 1985. Oaxaca state bore the brunt of casualties and damage caused by the magnitude-8.1 quake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Quake destruction a nightmare for Mexican town

Quake destruction a nightmare for Mexican town

People pass by the rubble of a collapsed clothing store in Juchitan, a town in southern Mexico's Oaxaca, on Sept. 9, 2017, two days after the strongest earthquake to hit the country since 1985. Oaxaca state bore the brunt of casualties and damage caused by the magnitude-8.1 quake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Rescue, relief efforts continue in Mexico as quake death toll rises

Rescue, relief efforts continue in Mexico as quake death toll rises

Photo taken Sept. 9, 2017, shows the partially destroyed city office in Juchitan, southern Mexico, two days after the strongest earthquake to hit the country since 1985. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Rescue, relief efforts continue in Mexico as quake death toll rises

Rescue, relief efforts continue in Mexico as quake death toll rises

A man passes by a destroyed building in Juchitan, southern Mexico, on Sept. 9, 2017, two days after the strongest earthquake to hit the country since 1985. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Rescue, relief efforts continue in Mexico as quake death toll rises

Rescue, relief efforts continue in Mexico as quake death toll rises

A man passes by a destroyed building in Juchitan, southern Mexico, on Sept. 9, 2017, two days after the strongest earthquake to hit the country since 1985. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo