The Chilean government on Friday airlifted 30 more tons of aid to an area in the north hit by a massive earthquake this week, but the situation remained difficult at several places because of the lack of water and frequent aftershocks.
Debris covers vehicles Thursday in Tocopilla, Chile, after a powerful quake struck the day before in the area.
The air force flew two planes with 30 tons of aid intended for Tocopilla and Maria Elena, the cities hardest hit by Wednesday's quake that left two people dead, more than 150 injured and damaged or destroyed 4,000 houses.
Some supplies were to be brought to Quillagua, a tiny village in the middle of the Atacama desert.
The aid includes tents, mattresses, blankets, food, medicines and water. Watch I-Report for aftermath »
Late Thursday, a powerful earthquake also shook the border region of Ecuador and Peru. There were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-6.7 quake struck at 10:12 p.m. Thursday and was centered in a sparsely populated jungle region, about 150 miles southeast of Quito, Ecuador's capital. Local media said the temblor was felt strongly in the country's largest city, the port of Guayaquil.
The Ecuadorean Geophysics Institute said it "had reports that the quake was felt throughout the country."
Though the institute said it did not know of any damage, Miguel Seminario, fire chief in Morona Santiago province where the quake was centered, told Channel 1 television that some houses have cracked walls but "nothing serious."
Aftershocks rock northern Chile
"People went out into the streets, and we don't know of any injuries," said Seminario.
Vanessa Ochoa, 24, a business student, told The Associated Press from the jungle city of Puyo, about 100 miles north of the epicenter, that the quake "was felt very strongly. It lasted 50 seconds."
Peruvian civil defense officials told Lima radio station Radioprogramas that the quake was felt strongly in cities in northern Peru but there were no reports of damage.
The quake came after Wednesday's magnitude-7.7 temblor shook northern Chile, leaving 15,000 homeless. See where the first quake struck »
Strong aftershocks continued to rattle Chile on Thursday, with one tremor measuring magnitude 6.2 and another magnitude 6.8, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. See how the quakes left parts of Chile in shambles »
Chile's, Peru's and Ecuador's Pacific coastlines all lie along the intersection of the Nazca and South American tectonic plates, one of the world's most seismically active regions.
