Mexican authorities said the death toll from Tuesday's magnitude 7.1 earthquake is continuing to grow.

It now stands at 319, with more than half of those in the capital, ABC News reported.

Civil Defense chief Luis Felipe Puente reported Sunday on Twitter that 181 people died in Mexico City.

There were also 73 deaths in Morelos state, 45 in Puebla, 13 in the State of Mexico, six in Guerrero and one in Oaxaca.