A strong earthquake shook southern Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, killing at least 14 people, trapping others under rubble, and sending rescue teams out into streets littered with debris and fallen power lines.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported an earthquake with a magnitude of about 6.8 that was centred just off the Pacific Coast, about 80 kilometres south of Guayaquil, Ecuador's second-largest city.
One of the victims died in Peru, while 13 others died in Ecuador, where authorities also reported that at least 126 people were injured.
In Peru, the earthquake was felt from its northern border with Ecuador to the central Pacific coast.
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