Another earthquake rocks Ecuador devastated by last month's tremor

The US Geological Survey said the latest 6.8-magnitude quake was centred below home roughly 15 miles north of the city of Rosa Zarate.

There were no sudden reports going regarding for the extent of blinking or casualties.

Earlier, a 6.7-magnitude earthquake was recorded as creature centred 21 miles from the same town.
The much larger magnitude 7.8 earthquake on April 16 killed 660 people and left tens of thousands homeless.

President Rafael Correa has increased taxes to fund the recovery from that quake, but says it will concede to years to rebuild the beach towns and tourist hubs left devastated.

Some in the future-ravaged homes and buildings suffered more damage in the first quake more or less Wednesday, but there were no reports of injuries or deaths.

Authorities are working to modernize knack in affected areas. Jorge Zambrano, mayor of Manta, one of the areas hit hardest by last month's quake, said: ''It was a big shake and all of us were scared but there are no major problems at the moment.''