A total of 602
people died in a strong earthquake of magnitude 7.8 recorded on Saturday in the
province of Manabi, in northwestern Ecuador, reported by the authorities.
The death toll,
updated on Friday, exceeds that of the 2007 earthquake in Peru and Ecuador
converts of the deadliest of South America from Colombia in 1999, which killed
more than 1,000 people.
In addition,
authorities in Ecuador claimed that 130 people are still missing and more than
25,000 homeless.
There are also
thousands of injured and displaced.
Hundreds of
emergency workers arrived from Colombia, Mexico, El Salvador, Spain and other
countries.
Over the hour
growing fears about the situation of people left homeless by the quake, the
lack of drinking water and the diseases that may arise.The epicenter of the
quake is located between the towns of Cojimíes and Pedernales, in the north of
the province of Manabi, where communities are most affected. 
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