Trump tweeted: "God bless the people of Mexico City. We are with you and will be there for you."
Mexican authorities suspended operations at the international airport and closed schools.
The quake hit less than two weeks after another earthquake killed more than 90 people in the country's south. The U.S. Geological Survey said the two quakes appeared to be unrelated.
USGS seismologist Paul Earle said the two epicenters are 650 kilometers apart and most aftershocks are within 100 kilometers.
Tuesday's earthquake was centered near the town of Raboso, in Puebla state. It hit at 1:14 p.m., local time. Puebla Governor Tony Gali reported there also was significant damage in the nearby city of Cholula, where collapsed church steeples fell into the streets.
The earthquake struck exactly 32 years after an 8.0 temblor killed nearly 10,000 people in and around Mexico City.
墨西哥首都墨西哥城周二下午发生7.1级强烈地震,建筑物倒塌,已知至少217人丧生,还有不知道多少人被困在废墟当中。
墨西哥民事防御局负责人在推特上说,墨西哥城有86人丧生,莫雷洛斯州有71人丧生,普埃布拉州43人丧生,墨西哥州有12人丧生,格雷罗州有4人丧生,哈瓦卡州1人丧生。
这次地震震中位于普埃布拉州,在墨西哥城东南123公里处。
墨西哥总统涅托前往墨西哥城一座倒塌的学校视察,墨西哥教育部长说,这所学校有25人不幸遇难,11人获救,还有30人至今下落不明。
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