Equador Earthquake

It happens always as a surprise, but we should not underestimate the power of nature. I can only pray and hope the population of Equador can deal with this terrible thing and that the recover as fast as possible. Is someone here have family or friends there, I leave here my support.

Same here. Good thing that good planning and anticipation will lead to leave zero mortal casualties. A  disaster can't be stopped, but a tragedy can be avoided.

It was such a terrible thing, just like what happened in Japan. My heart goes out to the victims and their families. Nature is really unpredictable, the only thing we can do is be prepared about such natural occurrences.

The first one got an instant magnitude of 7.8. and accounted for over 70 percent of total casualties. And unleashed an absolute havoc in Ecuador. At least 654 people were killed and 16,600 people injured. Rafael Correa then declared a state of emergency; 13,500 military personnel and police officers were dispatched for recovery operations.

We can only expect for better deployment in order to drastically reduce casualties. I think that is possible.