At Least Four People Killed By 6.5 Magnitude Earthquake In Ecuador
Faizan Hashmi Published March 19, 2023 | 01:00 PM
Quito, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Mar, 2023 ) :At least four people have been killed by a 6.5 magnitude earthquake in western Ecuador, the Ecuadorian Secretariat for Risk Management said on Saturday.
Earlier, the secretariat stated that one person had died in the province of Azuay???.
"Three people died in the province of El Oro," the secretariat said, bringing the death toll from the earthquake to four.
A two-story building with people inside collapsed in El Oro, with a number of shops and a university also damaged, according to the emergency service.
An earthquake was reported at 17:12 GMT on Saturday at a depth of 80 kilometres (50 miles), with the epicentre located 59 kilometres north of the city of Machala, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Center.
Media also reported that several people had been injured and at least one car had been damaged as a result of the disaster.
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