South America shakes: Strong tremors affected Ecuador, Colombia and Peru. The debris is being cleared and the search for victims continues.
Ecuador was rocked by a 6.8 magnitude earthquake. This is reported by the website of the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre.
According to the seismological center, tremors occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers. The focus of the disaster is at a depth of about 80 km.
The epicenter of the tremors is known to be 17 km southwest of the city of Naranjal, which has a population of more than 53 thousand according to the 2001 census. The city communicates with Guayaquil and Machala, the second largest city in Ecuador.
On U.S. Geological Survey maps, you can see that the natural disaster also affected parts of Peru and Colombia.
on social networks published In the footage showing aftershocks in the port city of Puerto Bolivar, many buildings fell into the water.
Official information about the destruction and victims has not yet been received, but judging by the videos recorded by eyewitnesses, it can be assumed that the natural disaster brought a lot of destruction. on social networks seen information about the three dead.
according to the official information Info-Sismologic dug a dead woman’s body from the rubble.
In February 2022, Ecuador’s capital, Quito, was shaken by heavy rains for the first time in 20 years, causing landslides. Three-metre mud wave claimed 24 lives and destroyed homes
If you remember, according to AFAD, 44 thousand 218 people died as a result of the earthquakes that started on 6 February in Turkey and Syria. More than 528,000 people were evacuated from the danger zone.
Source: Focus
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