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The 2019 Peru earthquake caused damage in northeastern Peru, as well as in southern Ecuador. Two people were killed (one of them by falling rocks in Cajamarca), and 30 people were injured, 15 in Peru and 15 in Ecuador. [164] [165] This was the largest earthquake in 2019. 2 30 30 [166] El Salvador, La Libertad offshore, 32 km south of La ...
The most damaging earthquakes to affect Ecuador are those associated with faulting within the South American plate, such as the 1949 Ambato earthquake. Earthquakes within the downgoing Nazca plate, such as the M w 7.1 event of August 2010, are generally too deep to cause significant damage in Ecuador although they are felt over a wide area. [3]
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Magnitude 6.8 quake was centered just off the Pacific Coast, about 50 miles south of Guayaquil, Ecuador’s second-largest city Earthquake rocks Ecuador killing at least 15 and causing widespread ...
A strong earthquake struck southern Ecuador on 18 March 2023. [1] It measured 6.8 on the moment magnitude scale, and struck with a hypocenter 68.0 km (42.3 mi) deep. [1] The epicenter was located in the Gulf of Guayaquil, off the coast of Balao Canton and about 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Guayaquil. [2]
Google Maps is available as a mobile app for the Android and iOS mobile operating systems. The first mobile version of Google Maps (then known as Google Local for Mobile) was launched in beta in November 2005 for mobile platforms supporting J2ME. [191] [192] [193] It was released as Google Maps for Mobile in 2006. [194]
The gulf takes its name from the city of Guayaquil. Rivers of both Ecuador and Peru empty in the Gulf of Guayaquil, like the Guayas River, the Jubones River, the Zarumilla River and the Tumbes River. A series of geological faults underlay the gulf. [1] Various of these faults continue across mainland Ecuador. [1]
The 2016 Ecuador earthquake occurred on April 16 at 18:58:37 ECT with a moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe).The very large thrust earthquake was centered approximately 27 km (17 mi) from the towns of Muisne and Pedernales in a sparsely populated part of the country, and 170 km (110 mi) from the capital Quito, [1] where it was felt strongly. [5]