The number of victims of the earthquake has risen to 235 people in Ecuador – RIA Novosti

MEXICO CITY, April 17 -. RIA Novosti, Dmitry Znamensky The death toll in a powerful earthquake in Ecuador increased to 235 people, said on Sunday the vice-president Jorge Glas

Earlier, the president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, reported 233 dead. Until data on possible victims Russians Russian Embassy in Quito does not have.

The number of wounded reached almost 1.6 thousand people, leads Sunday Univision Canal statement by the Deputy Minister for Ricardo Penyaerrery risk management.

The 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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