ECUADOR, Portoviejo: Houses affected by the earthquake of 7.8 degrees on the richter scale, in Manta, Sunday 17 April 2016(Photo by Jean Faget / ACGPHOTO/NurPhoto via Getty Images).. Vice President of Ecuador, Jorge Glas toured the affected areas in Portoviejo, then gave a press conference in which he reported that a tsunami is discarded. (Photo by Jean Faget / ACGPHOTO/NurPhoto via Getty Images).