Ecuador Earthquake: Earthquake tremors have been felt in the South American country of Ecuador. Here the intensity on the Richter scale has been recorded at 6.7. Due to the strong tremors of the earthquake, heavy damage has been seen across the city. Many buildings ranging from houses have been completely damaged. At the same time, 12 people have died in this earthquake so far.
In fact, some time ago, the death of more than 50 thousand people was registered due to the devastating earthquake in Turkey, due to which the fear of earthquake has increased in the minds of the people. As soon as the tremors of the earthquake were felt in Ecuador, America, an atmosphere of panic was created across the city and people came out of their homes and ran outside.
The epicenter of the earthquake…
The epicenter of the earthquake was about 80 km south of Guayas. At the same time, Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso appealed to the people to maintain peace through social media. According to information received from Ecuador’s Risk Management Secretariat, a person sitting inside the car in Cuenca died during the earthquake. It was told that due to the strong tremors of the earthquake, the debris of a house came on the car, due to which he died.
At the same time, apart from this, the death of three more people was registered in the coastal state of El Oro. So far 12 people have died in this earthquake. At the same time, many buildings were also damaged while electricity went out in many areas.
There was a devastating earthquake in Turkey
Talking about Turkey’s earthquake, this earthquake occurred on February 6, whose intensity was measured at 7.8 magnitude. The epicenter of the earthquake was in Gaziantep in southern Turkey. People would have been able to recover from this earthquake that the tremors of another earthquake had shaken the Turkish people. This time the intensity of the earthquake was measured at 6.4. Not only here, earthquake tremors were felt several times one after the other. These tremors caused devastation in 11 provinces including Sanliurfa to Osmaniye, Malatya.
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