• Damages in Quito, Ecuador. The government on April 18 raised the death toll to 350. Fredy Constante / EPA
    Damages in Quito, Ecuador. The government on April 18 raised the death toll to 350. Fredy Constante / EPA
  • Tearful relatives looking for loved ones grabbed chunks of debris with their bare hands as they joined in the search alongside stretched firefighting teams. Rodridgo Buendia / AFP Photo
    Tearful relatives looking for loved ones grabbed chunks of debris with their bare hands as they joined in the search alongside stretched firefighting teams. Rodridgo Buendia / AFP Photo
  • People rest in front of a destroyed house in Manta, Ecuador. Luis Acosta / AFP Photo
    People rest in front of a destroyed house in Manta, Ecuador. Luis Acosta / AFP Photo
  • Ecuador’s foreign minister Guillaume Long said via Twitter that experienced rescuers were arriving from Switzerland, Spain, and other Latin American countries including Mexico and Peru. Cuba said it was sending a medical brigade to treat victims. Luis Acosta / AFP Photo
    Ecuador’s foreign minister Guillaume Long said via Twitter that experienced rescuers were arriving from Switzerland, Spain, and other Latin American countries including Mexico and Peru. Cuba said it was sending a medical brigade to treat victims. Luis Acosta / AFP Photo
  • The Spanish Red Cross estimated that up to 100,000 people would need assistance. Luis Acosta / AFP Photo
    The Spanish Red Cross estimated that up to 100,000 people would need assistance. Luis Acosta / AFP Photo
  • A vehicle rolls on a cracked route after the earthquake in Chone, Ecuador. Juan Cevallos / AFP Photo
    A vehicle rolls on a cracked route after the earthquake in Chone, Ecuador. Juan Cevallos / AFP Photo
  • A crane operates on the rubble of a collapsed building in Pedernales. Jose Jacome / EPA
    A crane operates on the rubble of a collapsed building in Pedernales. Jose Jacome / EPA
  • A general view shows a damaged building after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Guayaquil, Ecuador. EPA
    A general view shows a damaged building after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Guayaquil, Ecuador. EPA
  • A motor cart drives by a collapsed buildings in Pedernales after the strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast. Dolores Ochoa / AP Photo
    A motor cart drives by a collapsed buildings in Pedernales after the strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast. Dolores Ochoa / AP Photo
  • People search a collapsed building in Portoviejo, Ecuador. Carlos Sacoto / AP Photo
    People search a collapsed building in Portoviejo, Ecuador. Carlos Sacoto / AP Photo

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Ecuador quake rescue under way - in pictures

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As Ecuador digs out from its strongest earthquake in decades, devastating loss is everywhere amid the rubble.

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