At least 480 people have died in Ecuador following a 7.8 magnitude earthquake which struck off the country's northwest Pacific coast.
President Correa confirmed the death toll had reached the hundreds after the quake caused "considerable damage" near the epicentre as well as in the largest city of Guayaquil.
It follows the deaths of at least 32 people across the Pacific in Japan after two large earthquakes hit in the past few days.
The death toll from Sunday's earthquake in Ecuador has risen to 480, officials said.
More than 2,560 were also left injured after the 7.8-magnitude quake struck off the country's coast.
President Rafael Correa warned that reconstruction following the country's biggest disaster in decades would cost "billions" and the economic impact could be "huge".
Rescuers in Ecuador pulled out three survivors from the rubble of a flattened shopping centre, more than 32 hours after a major earthquake.
An earthquake has hit Ecuador's northwestern coast, with hundreds injured, and dozens dead. Here's what we know.
The quake has caused "considerable damage" near the epicenter as well as in the largest city of Guayaquil.