In an interview with a local radio station, Government Secretary Miguel Angel Osorio said that once the emergency phase had ended authorities would conduct a house-by-house census to determine the full extent of the earthquake damage.The number of missing has fallen from 200 in the initial count to 42 people who may still be trapped under the rubble of collapsed structures, Puente said.National Civil Protection Coordinator beads embroidery machines Factory Luis Felipe Puente said in his latest preliminary report on fatalities on Friday that the number killed in Mexico City from Tuesdays powerful temblor had increased from 148 to 154, Efe news reported.

The Civil Protection chief reiterated Friday afternoon 72 hours after the quake struck that the search for survivors would continue until rescuers were certain that no one was still alive amid the wreckage.Dozens of other people perished in nearby states, with 73 dead in Morelos, 45 in Puebla, 13 in Mexico state, six in Guerrero and one in Oaxaca.Mexico City, Sep 23 (IANS) The toll from the powerful magnitude-7.1 earthquake that rocked Mexico earlier this week has risen to 292, the national emergency management chief has said.

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