WATCH: Man records footage of inside of his house shaking as Mexico hit with 7.1 earthquake

The epicentre of the earthquake was approximately 75 miles from Mexico City.

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck central Mexico, approximately 75 miles southeast of Mexico City, on Tuesday afternoon, causing buildings to shake in the country’s capital city. Footage recorded by journalist Gerardo Lazos in his home on Tuesday afternoon showed the inside of the building shaking quite violently for a few seconds while an alarm sounded; a number of buildings in the city were also without power for a period of time. https://twitter.com/gerardo_lazos/status/910209454347575296 Clip via Twitter/Gerardo Lazos M. via Storyful According to the US Geological Survey, the earthquake struck the Puebla region of Mexico, just a few miles away from the town of Raboso. On his Twitter account, President Enrique Peña Nieto said that he had called the national emergency Committee to assess the situation and coordinate actions and urged people in the region to avoid travel on streets to allow emergency vehicles to pass. https://twitter.com/EPN/status/910212001208643587 https://twitter.com/EPN/status/910214515828109313 https://twitter.com/EPN/status/910229375886532609 https://twitter.com/EPN/status/910229557684396032 The earthquake comes a little over a week after a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck off the southern coast of Mexico; at least 61 people were killed as a result.