The earthquake that devastated Mexico on Tuesday knocked over dozens of buildings in the capital alone, killed children at a school and sent waves of people running into the streets for safety — for the second time in just two weeks.

By Wednesday morning, less than 24 hours after the quake struck about 100 miles from Mexico City, more than 200 people had been reported killed. And with rescue workers and ordinary citizens still digging through the rubble, the death toll was expected to climb.

The quake struck on the 32nd anniversary of another major catastrophe: the 1985 quake that killed as many as 10,000 people in Mexico. And it also came less than two weeks after the most powerful earthquake in Mexico in a century killed at least 90 people and destroyed thousands of homes.

“It’s like Sodom and Gomorrah, like God is angry at us,” said Jorge Ortiz Diaz, 66, a government employee who was helping rescue people after the second quake, his eyes filling with tears. “Now is the moment when solidarity begins.”

Thursday, Sept. 21