Ecuador earthquake death toll rises to 413
Dushanbe. 19.04.2016. /NIAT “Khovar”/. Ecuador’s government says the death toll from the weekend’s powerful earthquake has climbed to 413. About 2,500 people are listed as injured.
Recall that the magnitude 7.8 quake struck on Saturday night off the country’s coast about 200km from the capital Quito, causing widespread damage to local communities.
It came only a day after a 7.3 magnitude quake hit Japan on the other side of the Pacific.
Rafael Correa, the country’s president, said the tremor was “the worst tragedy in 67 years”, in a reference to the Ambato earthquake of 1949, which killed thousands.
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