Photos: Explosion At Cuajimalpa Maternal Hospital

Rescue workers form a human chain, passing buckets of rubble, as they clear the wreckage of a children’s hospital, caused by a gas tank truck explosion in Cuajimalpa on the outskirts of Mexico City, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. The powerful explosion shattered the hospital on the western edge of Mexico’s capital, killing at least two and injuring dozens. (AP Photo)

A gas tank trunk explosion in front of a hospital in Mexico City on Thursday morning shattered  the hospital, killing seven people, including four babies and injuring dozens.

More than 100 people were inside the Cuajimalpa Maternal Hospital when the blast occurred at about 7 a.m.

The explosion was caused by a truck which was supplying gas to the hospital when apparently a hose burst and the resulting leak caused an explosion.

MEXICO Ciudad De MÉXico, Jan. 29, 2015 Smoke rises from the site where a tanker truck that was supplying gas in front of a hospital exploded, in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on Jan. 29, 2015. Seven people were killed, including four babies, and at least 54 others injured Thursday morning in a powerful gas tank truck explosion outside a maternity and children’s hospital in Mexico City, local government said. (Credit Image: ? Notimex/Xinhua/ZUMA Wire)

Rescuers work amid the wreckage caused by an explosion in a hospital in Cuajimalpa, Mexico City, on January 29, 2015. A gas explosion ripped through a children’s hospital in Mexico City on Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens, including 22 children, officials said. AFP PHOTO/DAVID DEOLARTEDAVID DEOLARTE/AFP/Getty Images

Rescuers work amid the wreckage caused by an explosion in a hospital in Cuajimalpa, Mexico City, on January 29, 2015. A gas explosion ripped through a children’s hospital in Mexico City on Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens, including 22 children, officials said. AFP PHOTO/DAVID DEOLARTEDAVID DEOLARTE/AFP/Getty Images

Rescuers work amid the wreckage caused by an explosion in a hospital in Cuajimalpa, Mexico City, on January 29, 2015. A gas explosion ripped through a children’s hospital in Mexico City on Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens, including 22 children, officials said. AFP PHOTO/DAVID DEOLARTEDAVID DEOLARTE/AFP/Getty Images

Rescuers work amid the wreckage caused by an explosion in a hospital in Cuajimalpa, Mexico City, on January 29, 2015. A gas explosion ripped through a children’s hospital in Mexico City on Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens, including 22 children, officials said. AFP PHOTO/DAVID DEOLARTEDAVID DEOLARTE/AFP/Getty Images

Rescuers work amid the wreckage caused by an explosion in a hospital in Cuajimalpa, Mexico City, on January 29, 2015. A gas explosion ripped through a children’s hospital in Mexico City on Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens, including 22 children, officials said. AFP PHOTO/DAVID DEOLARTEDAVID DEOLARTE/AFP/Getty Images

A 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Mexico

A parked car suffered damage when a adobe wall collapsed on it after a strong earthquake shook Chilpancingo, Mexico, Friday morning, April 18, 2014. A powerful magnitude-7.2 earthquake shook central and southern Mexico but there were no early reports of major damage or casualties. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez).

A strong 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck 170 miles (273 kilometers) southwest of Mexico City at about 9:30 a.m. (10:30 a.m. EDT; 1430 GMT) on Friday shaking central and southern Mexico .

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake was centered 22 miles (36 kilometers) northwest of the town of Tecpan de Galeana, and was 15 miles (24 kilometers) deep.

There were reports of cracked walls, fallen fences and walls, fallen trees, broken windows and a power outage but there were no reports of major damage or casualties.

USGS seismologist Gavin Hayes said that the earthquake occurred along a section of the Pacific Coast known as the Guerrero Seismic Gap, a 125-mile (200-kilometer) section where tectonic plates meet and have been locked, meaning huge amounts of energy are being stored up with potentially devastating effects.

A damaged abandoned home is seen at the Juarez neighborhood after a strong earthquake jolted Mexico City, Friday, April 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

A damaged abandoned house is seen at the Juarez neighborhood after a strong earthquake jolted Mexico City, Friday, April 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo).

Photos: Strong Earthquake Hit Off Guatemala Coast

Residents walk among rubble after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012. The mountain village, some 80 miles (130 kilometers) from the epicenter, suffered much of the damage with some 30 homes collapsing in its center. There are three confirmed dead and many missing after the strongest earthquake to hit Guatemala since a deadly 1976 quake that killed 23,000. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck Guatemala on Wednesday at  around 10:35 a.m. local time (11:35 EDT),  killing at least 48 people.

At least 23 people are still missing.

The strong earthquake damaged buildings, cars and roads. 

The quake struck off Guatemala’s Pacific coast, 15 miles south of Champerico and 101 miles west-southwest of the capital”, said the US Geological Survey.

According to the USGS, the epicenter was 26 miles below the surface.

Most of the dead were buried under debris in San Marcos state, a mountainous region near the Mexican border.

Landslides that blocked the roads in some areas and severely damaged about 40 houses.

San Marcos state governor Luis Rivera said that the state government offices were almost completely destroyed.

In Guatemala City, office workers evacuated office buildings, although most soon returned to work.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said a small tsunami was registered on Guatemala’s coast, adding that there was a risk of localized damage within a 62 mile radius.

The quake was also felt in El Salvador and more than 765 miles away in Mexico City.

This is a disaster!

Two women walk past a building damaged after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Residents begin clearing rubble from a damaged building after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Residents on motorcycles drive past a damaged road after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

A police officer stands in the archway of a building damaged by a magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012.  (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Swine Flu

Swine flu outbreak started in Mexico.

In Mexico more than 81 people died and more than 100 people were sickened by the flu.

All schools are closed in Mexico City and some other places in Mexico.

In the US at least 11 people had swine flu so far.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) fear that more people will get the flu and cause a pandemic around the world.

Swine flu pandemic can kill millions of people.

A pandemic is a disaster.

The virus that causes the flu is a mix of human, pig and bird viruses.

Some signs of swine flu are high fever, body aches, coughing, sore throat, vomiting and diarrhoea.

We can try to avoid swine flu by :

1. Avoid being in crowded places for example shopping malls and zoos.

2. Wash your hands carefully using anti-bacteria soap.

3. Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth because this is how germs get into our body.

4. Cover your mouth when sneezing or coughing.

5. Wear a mask to cover your nose and mouth.

6. Take vitamin C and garlic to fight germs.

7. Take lots of water, fruit juice, tea and herb tea.

CNN) — Mexican officials are asking citizens to avoid large crowds, refrain from kissing as a greeting and maintain a distance of at least 1.8 meters (six feet) from each other amid growing concern in the country and elsewhere over new cases of suspected and confirmed swine flu infection.

Several countries issued travel notices and tightened restrictions to brace against the virus the World Health Organization is calling “a public health emergency of international concern.”

By Sunday, 81 deaths had been deemed “likely linked” to a deadly new strain of the virus by health authorities in Mexico. Viral testing has confirmed 20 cases, said Dr. Jose A. Cordova Villalobos, Mexico’s health secretary. In the United States, the number of confirmed swine flu cases stood at 11.

In New Zealand, officials said 22 students and three teachers, who returned from a three-week-long language trip to Mexico, may have been infected with the virus.

The 25 students and teachers at Auckland’s Rangitoto College returned to New Zealand via Los Angeles on Saturday.

Fourteen have shown flu-like symptoms, with four “more unwell than others,” said Dr. Julia Peters, clinical director of Auckland Regional Public Health Service.

Health Minister Tony Ryall said 10 students tested positive for influenza A. The specimens will be sent to WHO to determine whether it is H1N1 swine influenza. H1N1 influenza is a subset of influenza A.

The WHO results are expected back by midweek. The group remains quarantined at home.