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Show Sunday, March 11 - Page THK HERALD. Provo, Utah, 8, 1987 11 Quok causes millions in damage, 7 d oaths : By FERNANDO LARENAS Associated Press Writer QUITO. Ecuador (APi The 10 earthquakes that rocked this small Andean nation last week caused at least seven deaths and damage estimated at more than $700 officials said Saturday. Ten quakes and scores "of after-iiock- s occurred between Thursday night and Friday afternoon. The deaths, and dozens of injuries, were reported m the four northernmost states where the quakes were Strongest. Officials said they expect to find other casualties as they dig through the snow, rock and mud - ; rnil-ljo- slides that buried several villages on the eastern slopes of the .Andes Mountains. A key oil pipeline was ruptured, forcing a halt of crude oil production. Ecuador's most important export. Officials at the Quito observatory said Saturday it is unlikely there will be further strong quakes. They said some 700 tremors were measured on siesmic instruments but only 10 could be felt. The U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colo., said the first quake measured 6 on the open-endeRichter scale. Another measured 6.8, striking mostly the northern part of the country. Large cracks occurred walls of dilfirult. in the ancient churches in Qui- to's colonial central quarter, and homes and shops were damaged. Police and civil defense officials said damage was heaviest in a four-stat- e region surrounding and to the north of Quito, extending to the Colombian border some 75 miles away. Riobamba, a commercial and transportation hub 95 miles south of the capital, also had damage. Officials said the earthquakes struck along the two-mil- e high spine of the .Andes, making rescue operations and communications d because oi the halt in crude oil production. Observatory officials said the epicenter of the largest quake was located near the volcano el Reven-tado- r, 40 miles northeast of Quito. The Richter scale is a gauge of the energy released by an earthquake, as measured by the ground motion recorded on a seismograph. Every increase of one number means that the ground motion is 10 times greater. The export halt is a severe economic blow to Ecuador, which depends on oil revenue for nearly 70 percent of its foreign exchange. landslide buried much of Bae-za- . 40 miles southeast of Quito, killing a woman, and destroved a section of the oil pipeline, officios said. Deputy Energy Minister Fernando Santos said line repair would take about four months, and Ecuador would try to ship its oil via a pipeline in northern Colombia in the interim. The pipeline carries petroleum from the oil fields of the eastern Amazon River basin over the top of the Andes to a depot near coastal Esmeraldas. a distance of about 300 miles. A Ecuador is still reeling from a financial crisis sparked by a dramatic drop in world oil prices last year. Export earnings fell 50 percent, to abftut $900 million, compared with revenues of $1.8 billion in 1985. The nation produces roughly 240,-00- 0 barrels of oil a day and exports 144.000 barrels daily, using the rest internally. A is of 6.0 quake of capable causing severe damage in populated areas, and 7.0 is considered a major earthquake. Gasoline rationing was ordered ebels OFHO 3 doles - LIMA. Peru (AP) Leftist rebels threw dynamite charges at 15 banks, injuring two people and causing heavy damage, on the anniversary of the founding of an international guerrilla organization, police said Saturday. The raids Friday night were directed against the Lima-are- a offices of Banco de Credito, the nation's largest private bank. Police said earlier that other banks also were attacked, but retracted those reports Saturday. The injured people were passer-by- s cut by flying glass, police said. One man was hospitalized with minor wounds, and a woman received slight injuires, police said. Guerrillas of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, which Battalion America, a guerrilla unit formed 9 to fight with the guerrillas in Colombia. An Associated Press photographer who visited three of the offices saw heavy damage, including destroyed walls and doors, shattered glass, broken furniture and demolished computer terminals. Police said there was similar damage at other sites. The rebels have increased their attacks in lima in recent weeks since the government began a crackdown, sending police to flush out radicals from college campuses and introducing tough legislation. Battalion America has not been very active. It reportedly is comPeru, posed of rebels from Ecuador and other Latin nations. 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