Quito (AFP) March 19, 2023
The death toll after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake in Ecuador and Peru, has risen to 15, authorities said Sunday.
Saturday’s quake, whose epicenter was in the Ecuadoran municipality of Balao, near the border with Peru, left 14 dead in the southwestern provinces of El Oro and Azuay.
On the Peruvian side of the border, a four-year-old girl died after being hit on the head by a brick.


