The hardest-hit area of the South American nation was the coastal Manabi Province, where about 200 people died, said Ricardo Penaherrera of Ecuador's national emergency management office... READ MORE›
The magnitude-7.8 quake was centered on Ecuador's sparsely populated fishing ports and tourist beaches, 170 kilometers 105 miles northwest of Quito, the capital... READ MORE›
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... READ MORE›
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa has warned that the death toll from a powerful earthquake which has killed 272 people is likely to rise... READ MORE›
The office of President Rafael Correa reported that rescue crews were flying in from around Latin America as well as from Europe... READ MORE›
Ecuador's most devastating earthquake in 40 years has killed at least 246 people, with bridges buckling and buildings collapsing in Pacific coastal cities and fishing villages... READ MORE›
A powerful, 7.8-magnitude earthquake has shaken Ecuador's northwest Pacific coast, killing at least 77 people and spreading panic... READ MORE›
A visibly moved President Rafael Correa says rebuilding Ecuador after worst earthquake for decades will cost billions... READ MORE›
Speaking before the new death toll was announced, Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa, said an earlier figure of 272 would surely rise, and in a considerable way ... READ MORE›
People stand amongst the rubble of fallen homes in Manta on April 17, 2016, after a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador on April 16... READ MORE›
Richard Mejia, a municipal government worker, and his neighbours have slept in the yard near their homes on mattresses under black plastic sheeting... READ MORE›
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio expressed concern for the victims and their families, noting that the city is home to almost 140,000 Ecuadorians... READ MORE›
Ecuador on Sunday deployed 10,000 troops to aid rescue efforts after a powerful 7.8- magnitude earthquake killed at least 230 people and prompted tsunami warnings along local coasts... READ MORE›
Al Jazeera went to Guayaquil's Red Cross centre to witness the city's efforts to deal with the humanitarian crisis... READ MORE›
Red Cross workers set up a makeshift operation centre in a parking lot across the street, organising aid efforts... READ MORE›
When the earthquake struck Ecuador, the EU Civil Protection Mechanism soon started coordinating the national civil protection response across its network of 34 countries... READ MORE›
At a news conference, Ecuador's Vice President Jorge Glas said 16 people had been killed in Portoviejo, 10 in Manta and two in Guayas province... READ MORE›
AP writers Gonzalo Solano in Quito, Ecuador, Joshua Goodman in Bogota, Colombia, and Danica Kirka in London contributed to this report... READ MORE›
The strongest earthquake to jolt Ecuador in decades has killed 262 people, as rescuers race to dig out survivors trapped in the rubble... READ MORE›
Post to Facebook 7.8 earthquake kills hundreds in Ecuador Members of a family wait for aid food in Manta, Ecuador... READ MORE›
Montecristi, Ecuador The earth shook and the steeple fell, taking most of the bell tower with it... READ MORE›
People stand amongst the rubble of fallen homes in Manta on April 17, 2016, after a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador on April 16... READ MORE›
A powerful, 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook Ecuador's central coast on Saturday, killing at least 41 people and spreading panic hundreds of kilometers away... READ MORE›
A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck Thursday near Kumamoto, followed by a magnitude-7.3 earthquake just 28 hours later... READ MORE›
Vice President Jorge Glas reported the death toll at a somber news conference, while President Rafael Correa flew back from Rome to deal with the crisis... READ MORE›
Pre-dawn rescue efforts were being continued in the port city of Manta in hopes that some of those dozens of people unaccounted for could be found... READ MORE›
Some 1,700 people are still missing three days after a big earthquake struck Ecuador, an official said Tuesday, raising fears that the death toll currently... READ MORE›
The quake is doubly disastrous for Ecuador as economic growth was already forecast near zero this year due to plunging oil income... READ MORE›
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa has said that the quake could hit the country's Gross Domestic Product GDP by about two or three percentage points... READ MORE›
Employees work to salvage items from stores damaged by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in a commercial district of Portoviejo, Ecuador... READ MORE›
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