Mexico's national coordinator of civil protection, Luis Felipe Puente, said that rescue work had involved 4,169 soldiers, 3,525 navy elements and 20,057 federal police officers.
In an interview with Televisa, Puente said that people were also trapped in fallen buildings in the northern area of Lindavista.
Another focal point has been the Enrique Rebsamen primary school in the south of the capital, where emergency teams and volunteers searched for over 30 missing children. However, hopes dwindled as the body count from the school passed 22 on Wednesday afternoon.
Mexico City's Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera announced on Wednesday that the number of collapsed buildings had been lowered from 45 to 38 after a complete investigation.
At a press conference, he said 52 people had been pulled alive from the rubble, that all hospitals were operating across the city and that all forms of public transport were running free of charge.
"The rescues are success stories for the rescue workers who are working at every single spot," added Mancera.
The earthquake in Morelos came days after the September 7 quake, which registered 8.2 on the Richter scale, and killed 98 people in the states of Oaxaca, Chiapas and Tabasco.
It also took place on the 32nd anniversary of a massive quake which killed over thousands of people on September 19, 1985.
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