Mexico earthquake death toll rises to 95

The death toll from Thursday's powerful earthquake in southern Mexico has risen to 95.

President Enrique Pena Nieto said the 8.1 quake, which struck just before midnight local time, was the biggest to hit the country for a century.

The worst hit region was the state of Oaxaca, where 76 people died.

Officials said 19 people were also killed in the states of Chiapas and Tabasco.

The country's Foreign Relations Department said the quake and Hurricane Katia have forced Mexico to withdraw an offer of aid for Houston, Texas, which was hit by Hurricane Harvey in August.

The earthquake toppled buildings and left one million people without power.

Buildings swayed in the capital Mexico City, more than 650 miles away from the epicentre in the state of Chiapas not far from Guatemala.

As many as 62 aftershocks were felt across the country in the early hours of Friday morning.

Rodrigo Soberanes, who lives near San Cristobal de las Casas in Chiapas, the state nearest the epicenter, said his house "moved like chewing gum."

The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake's epicentre was in the Pacific, 54 miles southwest of the town of Pijijiapan, and had a depth of 43 miles.

It struck at 11.49pm local time on Thursday.

A number of buildings suffered severe damage in parts of southern Mexico.

By Saturday afternoon, Katia had since dissipated.

Some of the worst initial reports came from Juchitan in Oaxaca state, where sections of the town hall, a hotel, a bar and other buildings were reduced to rubble.

The quake also shattered windows at Mexico City airport.

Tsunami waves of one metre were measured off Salina Cruz in Mexico, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said.

Smaller waves were witnessed in Ecuador, El Salvador and Guatemala.

Residents in Puerto Madero in Chiapas were being evacuated as a precaution due to a tsunami alert.