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Drone footage has captured the devastating impact caused by Saturday’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake which hit Ecuador .
The video shows a collapsed bridge at Avenida de las Americas in Guayaquil – located about 180 miles from the epicentre. The bridge can be seen buckled following the initial earthquake and several powerful aftershocks.
It is the biggest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades as the death toll rises to 350 .
There were more than 200 aftershocks, mainly in the Pedernales area; and a state of emergency was declared in six provinces.
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Ecuador earthquake in pictures People stand amongst the rubble of fallen homes in Manta, after a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador
Ecuador earthquake in pictures A collapsed bridge after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, late 16 April 2016. At least 77 people were killed and hundreds injured in an earthquake affecting the Ecuadoran northern coastal region.
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Ecuador earthquake in pictures Police officers stand next to a collapsed overpass in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Saturday April 16 2016. The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along the country's coast, killing at least 41 people and causing damage hundreds of kilometres away from the epicenter in the capital and other major cities.
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Ecuador earthquake in pictures Rescue workers work to pull out survivors trapped in a collapsed building after a huge earthquake struck, in the city of Manta early on April 17 2016. At least 41 people were killed when a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador, destroying buildings and sending terrified residents dashing from their homes, authorities said late on April 16.
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Ecuador earthquake in pictures People walk near a damaged house after an earthquake struck off the Pacific coast in Manta, Ecuador, April 16 2016.
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Ecuador earthquake in pictures People stand on the debris of a building after an earthquake struck off the Pacific coast in Manta, Ecuador, April 16 2016.
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Ecuador earthquake in pictures People gather next to a collapsed house in Guayaquil on April 17, 2016. At least 41 people have been killed by the powerful earthquake that struck western Ecuador on Saturday and the toll will likely rise further, the country's Vice President Jorge Glas said.
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Ecuador earthquake in pictures People stand amongst the rubble of fallen homes in Manta on April 17, 2016, after a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador on April 16. At least 77 people were killed when a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador, destroying buildings and a bridge and sending terrified residents scrambling from their homes, authorities in the Latin American country said on April 17.
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Ecuador earthquake in pictures View of rubble after a 7.8-magnitude quake in Portoviejo, Ecuador on April 17, 2016. At least 77 people were killed when a powerful earthquake struck Ecuador, destroying buildings and a bridge and sending terrified residents scrambling from their homes, authorities said Sunday.
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Ecuador earthquake in pictures People watch a collapsed house in Guayaquil on April 17, 2016. At least 41 people have been killed by the powerful earthquake that struck western Ecuador on Saturday and the toll will likely rise further, the country's Vice President Jorge Glas said.
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President Rafael Correa has declared the earthquake “the greatest tragedy in the last 67 years.”
"There are signs of life in much of the rubble and that is the priority," Correa said in a televised address to the nation.
He confirmed at least 2,068 injured and said he feared those figures would increase.
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