Ecuador earthquake: Rescue ops still underway, death toll mounts to 413

Washington D.C : Days after a powerful earthquake shook Ecuador’s Pacific coast, search teams are still combing the rubble to find any survivors and the death toll climbed to 413.According to CNN, the hardest-hit area was the coastal Manabi province, where about 200 people died.
The government deployed around10, 000 soldiers and 4,600 police officers to the affected areas in an attempt to send immediate aid and relief.
The troops then set up mobile hospitals and temporary shelters and search dogs were brought in to help find survivors and bodies.
The earthquake was the deadliest to hit the nation since March 1987, when a 7.2-magnitude earthquake killed 1,000 people, according to the USGS.