ECUADOR (AFP) — As rescuers continue to search for survivors of a powerful earthquake that killed 272 people, victims of the earthquake speak of their trauma.
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Ecuador counts over 400 quake deaths, damage in the billions
BY ANA ISABEL MARTINEZ AND JULIA SYMMES COBB PORTOVIEJO/PEDERNALES, ECUADOR (Reuters) — Touring a city ravaged by the earthquake that killed at least 413 people, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa on Monday contemplated a rebuilding costing billions of dollars and a potentially “huge” impact on the fragile OPEC economy. But the traumatized survivors Correa met on his rounds two days after the magnitude 7.8 quake had much more immediate concerns: many asked him for water. With the death […]
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Updated: Powerful 7.8 earthquake rocks Ecuador: USGS
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook Ecuador Saturday, the US Geological Survey reported, with the tremor strongly felt in the capital Quito as a tsumani warning was also issued for local coasts. “Based on the preliminary earthquake parameters, hazardous tsunami waves are possible for coasts located within 300 kilometers of the earthquake epicenter,” the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. With a depth of 10 kilometers (six miles), the quake struck at 2358 GMT […]
Powerful 7.4 earthquake rocks Ecuador: USGS
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) – A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake shook Ecuador Saturday, the US Geological Survey reported, as a tsumani warning was also issued for local coasts. “Based on the preliminary eartquake parameters, hazardous tsunami waves are possible for coasts located within 300 kilometers of the earthquake epicenter,” the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
