A Mexican news station was broadcasting live the moment a magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit the country Tuesday, close to the capital Mexico City. 
 
 The powerful quake killed at least 248 people and brought down dozens of buildings in the capital alone. Thousands of people fled into the streets and early Wednesday rescue workers were still digging through mounds of rubble, looking for survivors. 
 
 The anchor at Foro TV was in the middle of a segment with his reporter from the field, when the earthquake warning sirens began to wail. Enrique Campos told viewers in Spanish: “Right now that’s the earthquake alarm going off, this is not a drill,” in a translation provided by Business Insider. “We’re feeling an earthquake now, the floor is moving,” he said as the studio started shaking. 
 
 In the video, overhead studio equipment and lights can be seen swinging back and forth, as the station’s audio went silent. 
 
 “You all already know what you have to do now: Stay calm, and evacuate immediately. I’m going to get up and evacuate,” the anchor told the audience before leaving the studio. 
 
 The earthquake is the deadliest in Mexico since a 1985 quake on the same date killed more than 5,000 people. ||||| Screenshot via YouTube A 7.1 magnitude earthquake that hit Mexico on Tuesday was captured on camera during a live television-news broadcast. 
 
 "Right now that's the earthquake alarm going off, this is not a drill," the broadcaster said in Spanish. "We're feeling an earthquake now, the floor is moving." 
 
 Buildings across Mexico City conducted preparation drills early in the day, which was coincidentally the anniversary of the 1985 quake that killed at least 5,000 people, the Associated Press reported. 
 
 "You all already know what you have to do now: Stay calm, and evacuate immediately," the broadcaster continued. "I'm going to get up and evacuate." 
 
 As the broadcaster stands up to leave, cameras begin to shake violently and a blaring warning siren could be heard in the background. Studio equipment from the and overhead studio lights can be seen swaying as the station goes off-air. 
 
 The earthquake damaged buildings and killed at least 79 people, according to government officials. The death toll is expected to rise, the Associated Press reported. 
 
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– "Right now that's the earthquake alarm going off," Business Insider quotes Enrique Campos as saying. "This is not a drill." The anchor for Mexico's Foro TV was in the middle of a live broadcast from the studio in Mexico City when a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Tuesday afternoon, Time reports. "You all already know what you have to do now: Stay calm, and evacuate immediately. I'm going to get up and evacuate," Campos tells the audience. Video shows the anchor leaving the studio as cameras and equipment swing wildly. The earthquake was Mexico's strongest in more than 30 years and killed at least 248 people.