Two dead, eight wounded in Ecuador earthquake - government


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  • Wednesday, 13 Aug 2014

QUITO (Reuters) - Two people were killed and eight wounded after a 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck outside Ecuador's capital of Quito, the government said on Tuesday, with rescue workers seeking to free three others trapped after the tremor.

"Firemen are working to evacuate the wounded and to find and rescue the people who are trapped," the government's National Risk Control Agency said via Twitter, without providing details.

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