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Not less than 14 individuals have been killed and 381 injured in Ecuador in a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that shattered buildings and crushed a automobile on Saturday afternoon, according to the Ecuadoran government. Tremors have been felt so far as northern Peru.

The earthquake occurred about 5 miles from the small coastal metropolis of Balao, Ecuador, at a depth of almost 41 miles, based on the U.S. Geological Survey. It despatched multiple buildings plunging into the ocean at a maritime port within the vacationer city of Jambelí, their slanted roofs hovering only a few toes above the water’s floor, as members of Ecuador’s armed forces responded to the scene.

Not less than seven houses have been destroyed and 50 others have been affected within the quake, the Ecuadoran authorities said on Saturday. The facade of 1 constructing rained down on a automobile in Cuenca, killing a minimum of one individual, and 17 instructional buildings in addition to 31 health-care-related buildings have been additionally affected.

The dome of the Virgen De La Nube Church in La Troncal was severely cracked, leaving holes within the partitions of its clock tower, images posted on social media confirmed.

In Peru, native media reported {that a} 4-year-old woman within the area of Tumbes was killed after her dwelling collapsed, citing a press release from Peruvian Prime Minister Alberto Otárola.

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Ecuador has a historical past of deadly earthquakes and intense seismic exercise. The nation of roughly 17.8 million individuals in 2016 skilled a large 7.8-magnitude catastrophe within the northwest that killed tons of. Earthquakes in northern Ecuador additionally killed a minimum of 1,000 individuals in 1987, in what was considered one of its most devastating pure disasters.

Ecuadoran President Guillermo Lasso said on Saturday that he had visited the hard-hit metropolis of Machala, the place he assessed the harm and met with victims in a hospital.

“I’ve wished to precise solidarity with the households of the lifeless and solidarity with these injured within the earthquake,” he stated.

Samantha Schmidt contributed to this report.