Video Shows the Extensive Damage Caused by Powerful 7.8-Magnitude Earthquake in Ecuador

Drone video captured a collapsed highway overpass in Guayaquil, Ecuador — located about 180 miles from the epicenter — after a powerful magnitude-7.8 earthquake devastated the area over the weekend.

The one-minute-33-second aerial video showed the buckled bridge surrounded by construction crews and onlookers.

Death Toll in Ecuador Rises to 272 After ‘Strongest Quake in Decades’

The video shows just a fraction of the structural damage caused by what the country’s vice president referred to as “the strongest quake” to hit the country’s central coast in “decades.”

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