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

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

Hundreds of volunteers joined emergency services in the search for survivors

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

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

Cars were buried in rubble

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

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