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Headline: ____
ECUADOR EARTHQUAKE_______________________________________________
By-line:
____________________________________________________________________

Who is involved in the

Where did the event

event?

happen?

ECUADORIANS

PEDERNALES

SURVIVOR IN
PEDERNALES,
SOLIDERS, POLICE
OFFICERS,PRESIDENT

What happened in the

Why is the event

event?

important?

POWERFUL

BECAUSE ITS THE

EARTHQUAKE KILLER

WORST TRAGEDY IN 60

MORE THAN 480

YEARS

ECUADORIANS.

When did the event

How did the event

happen?

happen?

APRIL 20 ,2016

A THETONIC WALL OF
THE EARTH MOVE AND
CAUSE A EARTHQUAKE

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7.8

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ECUADOR EARTHQUAKE

Yesterday, more than 480 people were killed and more than 4000
were injured by a powerful earthquake occurred in Ecuador. This
event is reported as the worst tragedy ever.
That night was described as a horror movie by Pedernales
survivor. They saw how their properties such as: house, food
business construction, cars etc. just buried under the rubbles
without be able to do anything about it. However, worst part was
for people who lost more than this.
People who lose a relative and people who maintain the faith,
thinking about that their relative was alive under the rubbles,
was devastated.

Images from around the country were posted on social media by

local, national and international newspaper
10000

soldiers

and

4600

police

officers

was

send

by

the

government as soon as he figured out the magnitude of the

disaster.

Hundreds

of

rescuers

from

eight

countries

have

travelled to Ecuador to help in relief efforts. The military also

brought search dogs to help find survivors and bodies.