Fuerte seismo en costa de Ecuador deja al menos 14 muertos

QUITO (AP) — A strong earthquake shook Ecuador’s coast on Saturday, killing at least 14 people — including a girl and a Peruvian border town that collapsed and destroyed homes — 126 injured. and damage, dozens of houses, escuelas y centros de salud, inmaron las authorities.

The U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude 6.7 movement just after noon in the Guayas region, whose epicenter is about 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Guayaquil, Ecuador’s second largest city.

The Secretaría de Gestión de Riesgos reported 11 deaths in the coastal state of El Oro, whose capital is Machala. Señaló que en esa zona algunas casas collapsaron, un muelle quedó destruido y las paredes y columnas de un edificio bancario se agrietaron, atrapando a un número indeterminado de people.

The country’s president, Guillermo Lasso, announced on Saturday that he would be moving to one of the most affected states after calling on residents to calm down on his Twitter account.

Two people died in the Andean town of Azuay, 310 kilometers south of Quito. One of them fell to his second floor of a building in the city of Cuenca when a car driving down the street fell under rubble. House and Prenocentro Colonial, according to the secretary.

In Peru, Prime Minister Alberto Otarola has reported the death of a four-year-old girl in a hospital in the Tumbes region, which borders Ecuador. La Menor Sufrio Un Traumatismo Encefalocleano Luego Que Su Casa Se Delambo Product del Sismo en Ecuador y Qu Tambien Se Cintio En ·Peru.

Secretaría de Comunicación del Estado ecuatoriano informó que hasta el momento se contabilizan daños dediversa size en at least 50 vibiendas, 31 centros de salud, 17 escuelas y otras 14 public edificaciones.

La defensa Civil en Perú informó de forma additional que por causa del temblor cuatro vibiendas quedaron inhabitables en la region Tumbes.

And in the town of Equatoriana de Guayaquil, 270 kilometers (170 miles) southeast of Quito, like the destroyed Argnos Muros, see the report of Grietas en Edificios y Viviendas please give me. Authorities have ordered the closure of his three vehicle tunnels in Guayaquil, which support a metropolitan area of ​​more than three million people.

Videos shared on social networks show people reuniting on the streets of Guayaquil and in nearby communities. Las person reportaron que objetos cayeron dentro de sus casas.

Dolores Vaca, que perdió su casa en la populosa barriada que perdió su casa en la populosa barriada 4 de abril en Machala, dijo por telefono a The Associated Press que en la primera sacudida salió corriendo a la calle y que su marido alcanzó a arrastrar a su hija minor de edad. Luego, “todo se vino abajo, la casa se asentó, se perdió todo”, aseguró.

Señalo que sus vecinos no tuvenor la misma suerte, alasegurar que murieron cinco cuando la casa junto a la de ella cayó sobre esas person sin darles tiempo de salir.

El pescador Luis Tomalá, quien estaba en faenas de pesca en el mar, a la AP que unexpectedly “el bote se puto como caballo de carreras, nosotros nos asustamos, y cuando prendimos la radio escuchamos lo del temblor, pero nos quedamos en el mar pensando que podía venir un tsunami”.

The area most affected by the Machala seismic motion is in the area of ​​Puerto Bolivar, an unstable structure made mainly of timber and blocks.

Machala resident Fabricio Cruz said he was on the third floor of his apartment when he felt a strong tremor and saw how the TV fell to the ground.

“Our life begins,” continues the 34-year-old photographer. She is Agregóque cuando she is llegóa la calle she is se entente con algunos techos de casas cercanas collapsados.

The earthquake occurred at 12.53 hours (1753 GMT) and occurred in a zone near Puna Island, which has a very low population density. El sismo también se sintió en Perú, desde la frontera con Ecuador hasta la costa central del Pacífico peruano. The areas of Tumbes, Piura, Lambayeque and Ancash were affected by the seismic motion, but at present there is no property or human damage. is not known. En Tumbes las antiguas paredes de un cuartel del Ejército se desplomaron, pero sin dejar daños ni víctimas, indicó la defensa Civil.

A powerful earthquake off the country’s central coast on April 16, 2016 killed about 680 people, severely damaged cities such as Manta, Portoviejo and Pedernales, and caused around $1.5 billion in damage across the country. has occurred. authorities.

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Los periodistas de Associated Press Regina García Cano and Franklin Briceño contributed to this dispatch from Caracas and Lima respectively.