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Ecuador earthquake: death toll rises after 7.8-magnitude quake - latest developments | |
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Ecuador’s foreign minister has a “virtual chat” and hotline for expats and those worried about family members in Ecuador. | |
Compatriotas en el exterior pueden comunicarse vía chat virtual para saber situación en #Ecuador en: https://t.co/BCguX6Uqz1 #SismoEcuador | |
Kabalan Abisaab, Ecuador’s ambassador to Qatar, has been speaking to journalists in Doha at a major international meeting of oil-producing nations. | |
It’s a big disaster. We are very worried about the situation. | |
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at 10.22am BST | |
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Jaime Nebot, mayor of Guayaquil, has just tweeted, saying the death toll has not risen any further in his city overnight. | |
At this time no new deaths or more wounded in Guayaquil are reported. The numbers are: 1 death and 6 not seriously injured. | |
A esta hora no se reportan nuevos fallecidos ni más heridos en Guayaquil. Las cifras son: 1 fallecido y 6 heridos no graves. | |
10.05am BST | |
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Tsunami fears ease as residents told they can return home | |
Ecuador’s Risk Management agency has announced that residents who evacuated coastal towns because of the risk of a tsunami can return home now. | |
The epicentre of the quake, around the coast, is sparsely populated, mainly by tourist beaches and fishing villages. | |
Earlier, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said tsunami waves of less than 0.3m above the tide level were possible along the coasts of Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama and Peru. | |
But by 0256 GMT the centre said that the “tsunami threat from this earthquake has now mostly passed”. | |
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Pictures emerging from the port city of Guayaquil show the sheer scale of the damage to peoples homes, some cracked down the middle, others lifted up into the air by the moving earth below. Washing lines are still hung up and pictures on the walls. | |
9.57am BST | |
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10,000 troops deployed to rescue operations | |
Ecuador’s Risk Management agency has declared 10,000 troops have been deployed to the coastal areas. President Rafeal Correa has also announced special quake rescue teams are coming in from Colombia and Mexico. | |
Around 3,500 extra national police have been sent to the towns of Manabí, Esmeraldas and Guayas y Santa Elena, and 500 firefighters have been sent to Manabi and Pedernales. | |
Five shelters have been set up for those evacuated from their homes, AP reports. | |
The country’s security ministry has been tweeting updates about shelters and rescue operations. | |
Instituciones de respuesta ayudan a ciudadanos que acuden al @ECU911PVO | #SismoEcuador pic.twitter.com/EZWrXROjje | |
The Red Cross in Ecuador says it has deployed more than 1,200 volunteers to rescue, evacuation and first aid operations. | |
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Here’s the location of the quake in Ecuador, along the Pacific coast | Here’s the location of the quake in Ecuador, along the Pacific coast |
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Here are some of the earliest pictures of the rescue operations in the cities and Manta and Guayaquil, showing the scale of the damage to buildings and roads. | Here are some of the earliest pictures of the rescue operations in the cities and Manta and Guayaquil, showing the scale of the damage to buildings and roads. |
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Ecuador's strongest earthquake in decades kills at least 77 | Ecuador's strongest earthquake in decades kills at least 77 |
We’re following the aftermath of a 7.8-magnitude tremor which struck the Pacific coast of Ecuador. It’s the early hours of the morning in South America and information is currently scant but here is what we know so far. | We’re following the aftermath of a 7.8-magnitude tremor which struck the Pacific coast of Ecuador. It’s the early hours of the morning in South America and information is currently scant but here is what we know so far. |