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After 30 hours of shock, fear, and evacuation, the emergency that the country experienced with the arrival of the tsunami originated in Japan ended, with relief for the majority. The balance of the event was 242,678 evacuees who returned home between the morning and noon...

SALINAS In Santa Elena province, in the beach of Salinas, unusual movements were reported; the sea began to withdraw several meters to allow the arrival of strong waves produced by the tsunami as it began after the quake in Japan. MANTA In the coast of Manta, Manabi province the...

Through social networks, the Presidency of the Republic announced the destruction of one of the floating docks located at island of Santa Cruz in Galapagos. According to reports, the intensity of the waves caused the ocean level to increase the tide and the water to enter to the...

This Saturday, President Rafael Correa lifted the state of emergency declared yesterday against the risk of tsunami in coastal areas of the country. The Ecuadorian President stressed that so far preliminary assessments do not show any “serious harm.” The port of Santa...

Late in the afternoon the civilians that could not leave K1 sector began to build improvised tents with towels and blankets. Afterwards several humanitarian organizations such as, UNICEF, arrived to offer protective tents against the brazing sun. Members of the Red Cross brought...

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa signed a 60-day state of emergency  decree on Friday. This decree orders the evacuation of the coastal areas until there is an updated  report of the situation today at 17:00, because it is the estimated time when the tsunami could reach the...

Due to the earthquake of 8.9 on the Richter Scale that slamed Japan yesterday afternoon, the Galapagos Islands (1,000 km from the coast of America) prepares for an evacuation of the entire village. The earthquake warning extends from the Mexican coast to Chile, according to the...

Inhabitants of Santa Cruz, San Cristobal, and Isabela islands were evacuated to safe areas since 06:00 due to the tsunami warning in the Ecuadorian coasts. In Santa Cruz, the evacuation to the top of the Bellavista parish (10 minutes from Puerto Ayora) was done in order....

In the province of Santa Elena, in the Ecuadorian coast, the citizens ask authorities to save them. Several military and civilian trucks carry people while the soldier, with a human chain, contains the desperate mass of people that has gathered in the sides of the road to get on...

The President of the Republic of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, said this Friday that the possibility of flooding in Guayaquil, due to the tsunami in Japan, is almost improbable. Following the declaration of tsunami warning in 20 countries, which included Ecuador, the Head of State said...