Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera says a total of 115 people have died in the capital following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that shook the capital and nearby states.
That would bring the nationwide death toll to 245.
As terrified locals fled onto the streets, an active volcano just 43 miles away from Mexico City exploded into life – sending a thick black plume of smoke into the sky.
A church collapsed during mass, killing 15 people, in Atzitzihuacan on the slopes of the Popocatepetl volcano, Puebla Governor Jose Antonio Gali said.
Popocatepetl is an active volcano. Although now it’s “normal” after the “mild eruption”, the 20 million residents of the Mexican capital could be at risk in the event of a catastrophic eruption.