The Ecuadorean and Peruvian authorities estimate the damage after the earthquake, which killed at least 15 people

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On Sunday (March 19), Ecuadorian and Peruvian authorities worked to assess the damage from the previous day’s powerful earthquake that rocked the region, leaving at least 15 dead and hundreds injured.

The 6.8-magnitude quake hit the Ecuadorian coastal province of Guayas on Saturday noon, with residents reporting shaking in most parts of the country as well as in Peru’s northern border towns.

And the Ecuadorean government reported, at midnight Saturday, 12 dead in Oro province and two dead in Azuay province, as well as more than 440 injured.

“We will continue to work all weekend,” President Guillermo Lasso wrote on Twitter in a video overnight. “All ministries are active and have the financial resources to urgently face this emergency.”

The Risk Management Secretariat said it had sent a team to Buna island early Sunday, near the epicenter, to assess needs and provide humanitarian aid.

In addition, the government reported that 84 homes were destroyed and another 180 damaged. Dozens of health centers and educational units also recorded repercussions.

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