Ecuador quake survivors tell harrowing tales, mourn dead

Police carry a body after an earthquake struck off Ecuador's Pacific coast, at Tarqui neighborhood in Manta. REUTERS/Guillermo Granja

PEDERNALES, Ecuador (Reuters) - During a terrifying five hours trapped in the rubble of her quake-hit restaurant, Filerma Rayo almost lost hope.

"I was yelling and yelling and then, at the end, I started to think I would die there," said Rayo, 33, as she nursed a crushed foot, which had been pinned by a falling piece of cement when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook Ecuador on Saturday.