Two strong earthquakes shook Ecuador's north-western coastal area, the latest aftershocks from a powerful tremor that killed hundreds of people in April.

Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano shot columns of ash miles into the air as officials ordered 3,000 villagers living near its slopes to evacuate.

Hundreds of villagers have been evacuated after Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano started rumbling, authorities said today.

A VOLCANIC eruption in Ecuador’s Andes mountains destroyed three villages, killed at least one man and left more than 60 others missing, the mayor of a village on the volcano’s slope said yesterday.

A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of seven hit northern Peru early today, cutting power and phone services.