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Drone images show destruction of Ecuador quake; death toll of 272 “certain to rise”

  https://youtu.be/gcASpFCmA-4   The most powerful earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades has killed 272 people -- a toll that…

Ecuador quake toll at 272, ‘certain to rise’

by Santiago Piedra Silva with Florence Panoussian in Manta Portoviejo, Ecuador  (AFP) -- The biggest earthquake in Ecuador in decades…

Colombia sends search and rescue workers and aid for quake

BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos bid farewell on Sunday (April 17) to 65 search and rescue…

Victims of Ecuador’s earthquake beg vice-president for help

PORTOVIEJO, MANABI, Ecuador (Reuters) - As the death toll from Ecuador's biggest earthquake in decades soared to at least 246…

UPDATE: Ecuador quake toll rises to 233 dead: president

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- At least 233 people have been killed in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Ecuador's Pacific coast,…

Powerful Ecuador quake kills at least 77

by Paola Lopez QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- At least 77 people were killed when a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador, destroying…

UPDATE: Big Ecuador quake kills at least 41

by Paola Lopez QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- At least 41 people were killed when a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador, destroying…

Ecuadorean Vice President reports deaths, damage following earthquake; at least 28 killed

(REUTERS) -- At least 28 people died in Ecuador when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the country's northwest Pacific coast…

Updated: Powerful 7.8 earthquake rocks Ecuador: USGS

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook Ecuador Saturday, the US Geological Survey reported, with the tremor strongly felt…

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