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| Ecuador quake rattles Quito, killing four | Ecuador quake rattles Quito, killing four |
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| At least three people have been killed and eight others injured in Ecuador after a shallow earthquake struck the capital, Quito, and the surrounding areas, the authorities say. | |
| The 5.1 magnitude quake caused buildings to sway and sent people scurrying into the streets. | The 5.1 magnitude quake caused buildings to sway and sent people scurrying into the streets. |
| Quito's main airport suspended operations temporarily as a precaution. | Quito's main airport suspended operations temporarily as a precaution. |
| Parts of the city were covered in clouds of dust that formed from shifting earth at nearby quarries. | Parts of the city were covered in clouds of dust that formed from shifting earth at nearby quarries. |
| The three confirmed casualties are two workers and a four-year-old child who was buried underneath falling sacks of rice. | |
| Three people are still missing in a quarry in Catequilla, near Quito, after the quake caused a landslide. | Three people are still missing in a quarry in Catequilla, near Quito, after the quake caused a landslide. |
| Another landslide engulfed a vehicle on a road north of the city, but the driver escaped unharmed, rescue workers said. | Another landslide engulfed a vehicle on a road north of the city, but the driver escaped unharmed, rescue workers said. |
| 'We could really feel it' | 'We could really feel it' |
| "I was talking on the phone with my daughter and suddenly the line went dead. I thought the house was falling down," Laura Flores, a resident of Quito's northern Carcelen district, told the Agence France-Presse news agency. | "I was talking on the phone with my daughter and suddenly the line went dead. I thought the house was falling down," Laura Flores, a resident of Quito's northern Carcelen district, told the Agence France-Presse news agency. |
| She said the quake had opened a crack in one wall of her house and caused plates to fall and break. | She said the quake had opened a crack in one wall of her house and caused plates to fall and break. |
| Teresa Salazar, who works in northern Quito, said they were "all very nervous". | Teresa Salazar, who works in northern Quito, said they were "all very nervous". |
| "We could really feel it. The first thing I did was leave (the building) with my colleagues," she told the Reuters news agency. | "We could really feel it. The first thing I did was leave (the building) with my colleagues," she told the Reuters news agency. |
| The US Geological Survey said the quake was centred 23 km (14 miles) northeast of Quito at a depth of 7.7 km (4.8 miles). | The US Geological Survey said the quake was centred 23 km (14 miles) northeast of Quito at a depth of 7.7 km (4.8 miles). |
| Ecuador is prone to earthquakes. It is located along the so-called Ring of Fire, a horseshoe-shaped, seismically turbulent area of the Pacific Ocean. | Ecuador is prone to earthquakes. It is located along the so-called Ring of Fire, a horseshoe-shaped, seismically turbulent area of the Pacific Ocean. |