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Teams
of soldiers and police hack at fallen concrete walls with pickaxes and shovels
in Mexico City
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Rescuers and volunteers
frantically dug through the rubble, looking for survivors of Mexico’s deadliest
earthquake since 1985 as the number of confirmed fatalities climbed to 248
early on Wednesday.
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The
North American and Cocos tectonic plates rub one another, creating friction
that causes earthquakes - sometimes, as in the case of Tuesday's disaster, away
from their edges. The September 7 earthquake is believed to be unconnected
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