In pictures: Huge earthquake rocks Mexico

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In central Mexico, the army has been deployed to help the rescue effort, which has been continuing through the night

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Across Mexico City, teams of rescue workers and volunteers clawed through the rubble with picks, shovels and their bare hands

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Hundreds of volunteers joined emergency services in the search for survivors

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The quake struck at lunchtime, sending people fleeing through the streets

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The tremor created holes in the sides of multi-storey buildings in the capital

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Cars were buried in rubble

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About two million people in the capital were left without electricity and phone lines were down

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The quake comes just over a week since another killed 90 people