At least 14 people were killed in a strong earthquake that shook a coastal region of Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, March 18, causing structural damage to multiple homes, schools and medical centers.
QUITO, Ecuador –
The presidency’s communication agency said the quake left 14 people dead, and more than 380 people were injured, largely in the El Oro province. Ecuador’s Secretariat of Risk Management said in an earlier statement that one death in Azuay province occurred when a wall collapsed on to a vehicle. In other provinces, structural damage included a collapsed wharf and a fallen wall in a supermarket.
“We all ran out into the streets… we were very scared,” Ernesto Alvarado, a resident of Isla Puna near the epicenter, told Reuters, adding that some homes had collapsed.
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