Powerful Earthquake Hits Ecuador

Boys cry as he finds out that their sister has been killed in an earthquake in Pedernales, Ecuador, April 17, 2016.

A police officer stands on debris, next to buildings destroyed by an earthquake in Pedernales, Ecuador, April 17, 2016. The earthquake flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast, sending the Andean nation into a state of emergency.

Residents wait in the streets next to a collapsed building after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Ecuadoran northern coastal region, in the town of Pedernales, Ecuador, April 17, 2016.

Volunteers rescue a body from a destroyed house after a massive earthquake in Pedernales, April 17, 2016.

People sleep in a park after an earthquake in the city of Guayaquil, April 17, 2016.

Rescue workers work to pull out survivors trapped in a collapsed building after a huge earthquake struck, in the city of Manta, April 17, 2016.

Members of Ecuadoran emergency services check a car after a bridge collapsed due to a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, in the city of Guayaquil, April 16, 2016.

An hotel barely stands after an earthquake in the town of Manta, Ecuador, April 16, 2016.

Police look at a car crushed under a collapsed overpass in Guayaquil, Ecuador, April 16, 2016.

A patient waits outside a clinic that was evacuated after tremors in Cali, Colombia, April 16, 2016.

Rescue team members and patients react outside a clinic that was evacuated after tremors were felt resulting from an earthquake in Ecuador, in Cali, April 16, 2016.

Patients wait outside a clinic that was evacuated after tremors were felt resulting from an earthquake in Cali, Colombia, April 16, 2016.