Three deaths have been blamed on large waves up to 13 feet (four meters) pummeling Ecuador, Chile and Peru, where nearly 100 ports have been closed because of the rough conditions.
Ecuador's secretary for risk management, Jorge Carillo, told a media conference that an "extreme event" was occurring and warned that similar phenomena could be expected in the future.
He added that "unfortunately, we have two deaths, both recorded" in Ecuador's southwestern Manta region.
Another was recorded in Chile, the country's navy said, after a 30-year- old man was found dead at a beach.
In Peru, almost all ports were closed because of the constant battering of waves, the head of the naval Oceanographic Department, Enrique Varea, told the broadcaster Canal N.
Poster Comment:
I saw videos of these waves. They were huge but not from an earthquake's tsunami.