QUITO , Ecuador (AFP) — A strong earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Moment magnitude scale struck Ecuador early Wednesday, one month after a devastating 7.8 magnitude quake that killed some 660 people, the US Geological Survey said. Ecuador’s national geological institute, which measured the quake at 6.8, said it struck at 2:57 am local time (0757 GMT) in the South American country’s western Manabi region. US geologists said there was no tsunami threat from the quake. […]
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Quake toll reaches more than 600 as aftershocks spook Ecuador
The death toll from Ecuador’s devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake rose to 602 people on Friday, as dozens of aftershocks shook cities and towns around the country, spooking residents but causing no further damage. Saturday’s quake, the worst in nearly seven decades, injured 12,492 people and left 130 missing, emergency management authorities said in a bulletin. Survivors were shaken again late on Thursday night when a powerful 6.0 magnitude quake struck off Ecuador’s coast about 100 […]
Magnitude 6.0 aftershock strikes near Ecuador coast: USGS
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — A magnitude 6.0 aftershock struck near the coast of Ecuador Thursday, as the country struggled to recover from a devastating quake that killed almost 600 people, US experts said. The tremor hit at 10:03 pm (0303 GMT Friday) some 20 miles (33 kilometers) north-northwest of Bahia de Caraquez and 36 miles north-northwest of Tosagua, the US Geological Survey said. AFP reporters in the region felt some shaking but there were no […]
USGS: A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes disaster-hit Ecuador
(Reuters) A powerful earthquake measuring 6.0 magnitude struck Ecuador on Thursday, as the country was still struggling to recover from a deadly quake that killed 587 people, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake’s epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) north-northwest of Portoviejo and at a depth of 10 km (six miles), said the USGS. A massive 7.8 magnitude quake hit Ecuador on Saturday.
Ecuador’s Correa raises death toll to 525
Hours after a 6.2 magnitude quake shook Ecuador, President Rafael Correa said on Wednesday (April 20) that the death toll was 525 from Saturday’s even bigger quake. The latest big tremor, which followed several hundred aftershocks from Saturday’s 7.8 quake, hit not far from Saturday’s quake– 25 km (15 miles) off the island of Muisne on the northwest coast at a depth of 15 km (9 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said. Correa said that, […]
Coffins pile up in Ecuador stadium-turned-morgue
by Santiago Piedra Silva Pedernales, Ecuador (AFP) — A hodgepodge of donated coffins in various shapes, sizes and colors is piled in a corner of the football stadium in the Ecuadoran resort town of Pedernales. The stadium has taken on an eerie new identity as a morgue in the aftermath of the country’s devastating earthquake, which killed more than 500 people. Medical examiners in white uniforms criss-cross the makeshift facility, working to identify decomposing bodies pulled […]
New quake rattles jittery Ecuador
by Santiago PIEDRA SILVA A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Ecuador on Wednesday, sowing new panic four days after a powerful quake killed more than 500 people and injured more than 5,000. The latest quake caused no damage or casualties, but shook the ground forcefully in the middle of the night, sending terrified residents running into the street in the devastated resort town of Pedernales. Some families opted to spend the rest of […]
BREAKING NEWS: Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes off Ecuador coast: USGS
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A 6.1-magnitude earthquake has struck near the coast of Ecuador, just days after the South American country was devastated by a deadly 7.8-magnitude quake, US experts said Wednesday. The epicenter of the quake, which struck at 8:33 GMT at a depth of 15.7 kilometers (9.8 miles), was located 25 kilometers west of Muisne and 73 kilometers west-southwest of Propicia, the US Geological Survey said. No tsunami warning has been issued. The […]
Magnitude 6.2 quake strikes off coast of Ecuador
(Reuters) A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Ecuador on Wednesday, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said, just days after a major quake hit the country. The quake was centered 70 km (44 miles) west-southwest of Esmeraldas at a shallow depth of 10 km.
Hopes dim for Ecuador quake survivors; death toll hits 443
(Reuters) PEDERNALES/CANOA, Ecuador Rescuers in Ecuador were losing hope of finding more survivors on Tuesday from an earthquake which killed more than 400 people and dealt a shattering blow to the South American OPEC nation’s already fragile economy. Praying for miracles, distraught family members beseeched rescue teams to find missing loved ones as they used dogs, bare hands and excavators to hunt through debris of flattened homes, hotels and stores in the hardest-hit Pacific coastal […]
Earthquake expert Dr. Ishmael C. Narag discusses preparing for an earthquake
Earthquake expert Dr. Ishmael C. Narag, from the OIC Seismology Division of Phivolcs discusses preparing for an earthquake.
Walang Pilipino na nadamay sa Ecuador quake
Eagle News – Walang nadamay na mga Pilipino sa naganap na magnitude 7.8 na lindol sa Ecuador. Sinabi ni Honorary Consul Corazon Olivia De Reyes walang nasugatan o namatay kaya walang dapat na ikabahala ang mga kababayan sa pilipinas. Nagpasalamat din ito na nananatiling ligtas ang mga pinoy sa nasabing lugar. Umaabot sa halos 300 na ang namatay sa tumama na malakas na lindol kung saan marami ring mga gusali ang nasira.
