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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]
Near the coast of Ecuador see 2016 Ecuador earthquake: 0.352 -79.926 676 dead 8 missing 7.8 M w (USGS) Centred 27 km SSE of Muisne, Ecuador, at a depth of 20.6 km. [185] April 28, 2016 19:33 Vanuatu -16.041 167.380 0 7.0 M w (USGS) Centred 2 km north of Norsup, Vanuatu, at a depth of 24.0 km. [186] May 18, 2016 16:46 Near the coast of Ecuador 0.498
A strong magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Ecuador late on Saturday the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.
Earthquake damage to the Embassy of Ecuador in an alley at Euclid Street NW and University Place NW in Washington, D.C. The alley was closed off. An occupant of the building, who was in the alley at the time, didn't realize there was an earthquake and thought a construction crew was knocking down the building. Date: 23 August 2011, 03:11:04: Source
The 7.8 magnitude quake struck off the Pacific coast on Saturday and was felt around the Andean nation of 16 million people.
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador’s Guayas province on Thursday evening, July 14, shaking homes and other structures, authorities said.Ecuador’s Risk and Emergency Management Service ...
The list incorporates high-quality earthquake source (i.e., origin time, location and earthquake magnitude) and fatality information from several sources. Earthquake locations are taken from the Centennial Catalog [ 1 ] and the updated Engdahl, van der Hilst and Buland earthquake catalog, [ 2 ] which is complete to December 2005.
The death toll from Ecuador's devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake last week has risen to 654 people.