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GUAYAQUIL: At least 12 people were killed, one was wounded and buildings were damaged in a powerful earthquake that shook Peru and Ecuador yesterday, Ecuador’s presidency said.Destroyed buildings, crushed vehicles and debris could be seen in cities such as Machala and Cuenca in Ecuador, as rescue officials rushed to lend aid and panicked residents ran into the streets.The quake, which the United States Geological Survey (USGS) put at magnitude 6.8 and a depth of nearly 66 kilometres, struck at 12.12am local time (1712 GMT).Its epicentre was in the Ecuadoran municipality of Balao, near the border with Peru, authorities said.“I went out into the street because I saw people starting to run in p

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