At Least 77 Dead After Powerful Earthquake Hits Ecuador
Apr 17, 2016, 03:27 PM
(PEDERNALES, Ecuador) — The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast, sending the Andean nation into a state of emergency. As rescue workers rushed in, officials said Sunday at least 77 people were killed, over 588 injured and the damage stretched for hundreds of miles to the capital and other major cities.
The magnitude-7.