Severe earthquake hits Ecuadorian coast, 4 dead

QUITO (AP) — A strong earthquake shook Ecuador’s coast on Saturday, causing at least four deaths and people trapped searching for aid organizations, and minor damage, according to preliminary reports from officials. .

The Secretaría de Gestión de Riesgos confirmed the death in the city of Cuenca, 310 kilometers south of the capital, after it collapsed on top of a vehicle that was circulating the streets of the second floor of a house in the colonial heart of the Andean city. In the city of Santa Rosa, 380 kilometers southwest of Quito, he suffered three more casualties.

El Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos reported el movimiento telúrico with a magnitude of 6.7 in coastal areas of Guayas. Tuvo su epicentro a unos 80 km (50 miles) al sur de Guayaquil, Ecuador’s second largest city, donde se reporta preliminamente edificios y casas cuarteados, vidios rotos, algunas paredes caídas, y locales Commerciales que cerraban por mor a replicas.

Las authoridades también han disposito el cierre de tres tunneles de vialidad que permiten el desplação vehicular entrediversos sector de esa ciudad.

And report this by publishing a socialite video of the partially collapsed walls and houses in Guayaquil and Machala. El movimiento terrestre no provocó alerta de tsunami.

The earthquake occurred at 12.53 hours (1753 GMT) in a zone located near the very sparsely populated island of Puna and was felt in 13 of Ecuador’s 24 provinces and northern Peru.

On April 16, 2016, a powerful earthquake hit the country’s central coast, killing about 680 people, causing severe damage in cities such as Manta, Portoviejo and Pedernales, and causing damage of about $1.5 billion nationwide. has occurred. auto ride.