MEXICO CITY, April 17 – RIA Novosti. The death toll in a powerful earthquake in Ecuador increased to 238 persons, reported on Sunday, the Ministry of the risk management of the South American country
As the Mexican portal El Financiero, the authorities of Canada have confirmed that among the dead -. Two citizens of this country . Until data on possible victims Russians Russian Embassy in Quito does not have.
The Ecuadorian government also reported the destruction of hundreds of houses, damaged or closed many roads in the areas where the tremors were the most sensitive. The number of wounded reached almost 1.6 thousand people, he said earlier Deputy Minister Risk Management Ricardo Penyaerrera.
Tremors of magnitude 7.8 were recorded in Ecuador on Saturday night. The epicenter was located 28 kilometers south-east of the village Muisne. The earthquake lies at a depth of 20.2 kilometers. Throughout the country the state of emergency in connection with the disaster
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