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Guayas: Strong tremors of earthquake have been felt in Ecuador. News agency AP reported that a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred in the coastal Guayas region. The earthquake shook the area around the country’s second largest city. Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso says a powerful earthquake has killed 12 people. Buildings were also damaged after the earthquake in southern Ecuador and northern Peru.
Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso says a strong earthquake has killed 12. Buildings were also reported damaged after the quake hit southern Ecuador and northern Peru. pic.twitter.com/MGMFZIKKxt
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 18, 2023
damage to houses and buildings
The tremors of the earthquake were so strong that houses and buildings were damaged. Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso has appealed to the people to maintain peace in a tweet. The US Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the magnitude of the earthquake was 6.8. It occurred at a depth of 66.4 km (41.3 mi), about 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) from the city of Balao in Guayas province.
Officials said the earthquake is not likely to generate a tsunami. Ecuador’s Risk Management Secretariat said in a statement that a wall collapsed on a vehicle in the city of Cuenca due to the earthquake. In which one person died. In addition, three people have been killed in Machala and a two-storey house has collapsed. Also many buildings have been damaged. While electricity has failed in many areas. Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso says a powerful earthquake has killed 12 people.
The quake caused damage in two other provinces, including the collapse of a wall at a supermarket, and the quake was felt in more than half of the country’s 24 provinces, the secretariat said. The agency said state-run oil company Petrocuador suspended several activities as a precaution.
