In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuador" id="mwAUU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ecuador">Ecuador</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949_Ambato_earthquake" id="mwAUY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1949 Ambato earthquake">an earthquake</a> destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.