Ecuador: A minimum of 14 folks have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck Southern Ecuador and Northern Peru on Saturday. The robust quake has broken many houses and constructions, stated stories. Many of us are trepped throughout the rubble of collapsed constructions. Rescue operations are ongoing amid the particles and fallen energy strains.

An earthquake measuring 6.7 magnitude within the ritcher scale hit Ecuador’s coastal Guayas area, reported US Geological Survey. Its centre was once about 50 miles (80 kilometres) south of Guayaquil, which has a metropolitan house of greater than 3 million folks.

The Ecuadorian president, Guillermo Lasso, in a televised cope with stated the earthquake killed 12 folks. In a tweet, he additionally requested folks to stay calm.

As in line with stories, 11 of the sufferers within the nation died within the coastal state of El Oro and one within the highlands state of Azuay.

A file from Ecuador’s adversarial occasions tracking directorate stated there’s no tsunami alert.

The earthquake was once additionally felt in Peru, from its northern border with Ecuador to the central Pacific coast.