![APTOPIX Ecuador Earthquake A woman cries as she stands next to house destroyed by the earthquake in the Pacific coastal town of Pedernales, Ecuador, Sunday, April 17, 2016. The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast, sending the Andean nation into a state of emergency. As rescue workers rushed in, officials said Sunday at least 77 people were killed, over 570 injured and the damage stretched for hundreds of miles to the capital and other major cities.(AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ecuador-earthquake-004.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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![APTOPIX Ecuador Earthquake A woman cries as she stands next to house destroyed by the earthquake in the Pacific coastal town of Pedernales, Ecuador, Sunday, April 17, 2016. The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast, sending the Andean nation into a state of emergency. As rescue workers rushed in, officials said Sunday at least 77 people were killed, over 570 injured and the damage stretched for hundreds of miles to the capital and other major cities.(AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ecuador-earthquake-004.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ecuador Earthquake A police officer stands on debris, next to buildings destroyed by an earthquake in Pedernales, Ecuador, Sunday, April 17, 2016. The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast, sending the Andean nation into a state of emergency. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ecuador-earthquake-002.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Red Cross members, military and police officers work at a collapsed area after an earthquake struck off Ecuador's Pacific coast, at Tarqui neighborhood in Manta Red Cross members, military and police officers work at a collapsed area after an earthquake struck off Ecuador's Pacific coast, at Tarqui neighborhood in Manta April 17, 2016. REUTERS/Guillermo Granja TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ecuador-earthquake-003.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![APTOPIX Ecuador Earthquake A body covered by sheet lies next to buildings destroyed by an earthquake in Pedernales, Ecuador, Sunday, April 17, 2016. The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast, sending the Andean nation into a state of emergency. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ecuador-earthquake-0031.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![TOPSHOT-ECUADOR-QUAKE TOPSHOT - This picture shows people resting in a park after an earthquake in the city of Guayaquil on April 17, 2016. At least 77 people were killed when a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador, destroying buildings and a bridge and sending terrified residents dashing from their homes, authorities in the Latin American country said on April 17. / AFP / MARCOS PIN MENDEZ (Photo credit should read MARCOS PIN MENDEZ/AFP/Getty Images)](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ecuador-earthquake-0041.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ecuador Earthquake Ecuador EarthquakeResidents look for survivors in the rubble of a destroyed house sleep in the Pacific coastal town of Pedernales, Ecuador, Sunday, April 17, 2016. The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast, sending the Andean nation into a state of emergency. As rescue workers rushed in, officials said Sunday at least 77 people were killed, over 570 injured and the damage stretched for hundreds of miles to the capital and other major cities.(AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ecuador-earthquake-005.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![TOPSHOT-ECUADOR-QUAKE TOPSHOT - This picture shows a collapsed home after an earthquake in the city of Guayaquil on April 17, 2016. At least 77 people were killed when a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador, destroying buildings and a bridge and sending terrified residents dashing from their homes, authorities in the Latin American country said on April 17. / AFP / MARCOS PIN MENDEZ (Photo credit should read MARCOS PIN MENDEZ/AFP/Getty Images)](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ecuador-earthquake-006.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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