Soldiers and firefighters work at the place where the cornice and terrace of a building located in Cuenca's historic center fell and destroyed a car, leaving one dead and one person injured, after an earthquake in Cuenca, Ecuador on March 18, 2023. - Four dead in southern Ecuador and damage to buildings after an earthquake with an epicenter in that country, which reached its neighbor Peru, according to a preliminary balance of authorities. The earthquake of magnitude 6.5 in Ecuador and 7.0 in Peru was recorded at 12:12 local time (17:12 GMT) in the Ecuadorian municipality of Balao, about 140 kilometers from the port of Guayaquil, and at a depth of 44 kilometers, authorities reported. (Photo by FERNANDO MACHADO / AFP)