The starting point is around 12 hours a day in Balao, a town in the south of Ecuador, about 140 kilometers from the main town of Guayaquil. The American seismological institute USGS said it had a magnitude of 6.8, the Peruvian authorities registered it as being 7.0.
The first statement from the President of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, was given as a result of the declaration of the future. Sea then 380 mensen rockets were wound. Veruit de most slachtoffers many in the southern province of El Oro. There is also a minimum of 44 houses destroyed and no more than 90 houses damaged. Also partial medical installations and school liepen pity op.
Located near El Oro province Azuay kwam a person om het leven doordat een muur op een auto lot in the city of Cuenca. Also in Peru there is a lot of dodelijk slachtoffer: in de city Tumbes, vlak near de grens met Ecuador, kwam een vierjarig meisje om nadat ze will be geraakt door een Vallende Baksteen. According to Hernando Tavera from the national seismological center of Peru, it is a pity in that country that it has been damaged.