Mexico City, Dhu-AlHijjah 17, 1438, Sep 8, 2017, SPA --  Fifteen people have been confirmed dead following a powerful earthquake, President Enrique Pena Nieto said, according to Foro TV. According to dpa, Nieto had just left an emergency meeting at the National Centre for the Prevention of Disasters when he gave the death toll to reporters, the broadcaster said. Ten people were killed in the state of Oaxaca, he said. Three others died in Chiapas and two in the state of Tabasco. On Twitter, the president called the earthquake that struck off the south-western coast of Mexico late Thursday the strongest the country has experienced in nearly a century. --SPA 12:38 LOCAL TIME 09:38 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w483295