The number of victims of the earthquake in Ecuador has increased. President Guillermo Lasso, citing the risk management service, reported 446 citizens.
Another 14 people died transmits RIA Novosti on Sunday, March 19. As a result of the natural disaster, 180 houses were damaged and 84 were destroyed. Also, 33 medical institutions were destroyed, five bridges were completely destroyed.
Initially, four victims of the disaster were known, later the death toll has risen up to 13. In addition, the child died in Peru, where tremors from the earthquake in Ecuador were also felt. There, in the Tumbes region, a four-year-old girl died when the roof of a building collapsed.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 was recorded in Ecuador last night. The tremors were felt by residents in 13 provinces of the country. The epicenter was located 59 km from the city of Guayaquil.
February 2019 in Ecuador there was a powerful earthquake magnitude 7.7. The epicenter of the tremors was then located about 100 km from the city of Macas, near the border with Peru, at a depth of 137.56 km. Shortly thereafter, another earthquake of magnitude 5.5 was recorded on the coast of Ecuador and about 20 km from the city of Guayaquil, with an epicenter at a depth of 82 km. Then only a few people were hurt.
