The 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck just off the Pacific Coast, south of Ecuador’s second-largest city
People look at a destroyed house following an earthquake in Isla Puna, Ecuador, March 19 2023. Picture: MARIA FERNANDA LANDIN/REUTERS
The 6.8 magnitude quake struck the Ecuadorean coastal province of Guayas at midday on Saturday, with residents reporting shaking in much of the country as well as in Peru’s northern border towns. At midnight on Saturday, the Ecuadorean government reported 12 fatalities in the province of El Oro and two fatalities in the Azuay province, as well as more than 440 injuries.
The Risk Management Secretariat said it sent a team to Puna Island early on Sunday, near the epicentre of the earthquake, to assess needs and deliver humanitarian aid.
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