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A Magnitude 6.3 EARTHQUAKE HAS STRUCK NEAR THE COAST OF ECUADOR, ACCOMING TO THE EUROPEAN MEDITERRANEAN Seismological Center (EMSC).
The quake was at a depth of 23km (14.29 miles), EMSC said.
Images Shared Online Show buildings visibly damaged after a fresh earthquake struck ecuador. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Past Earthquakes
Ecuador has a long and painful history of seismic disasters.
In 2013, a quake that rattled Northern Peru and Southern Ecuador left at least 14 people dead and destroyed homes, schools, and health clinics.
Three years later, in 2016, a devastating 7.8-Magnitude Earthquake-Ecuador’s Strongest Since 1979-Killed at least 77 people and injured more than 500 others.
The Country Lies Along the Pacific’s “Ring of Fire”, A Volatile Zone of Seismic and Volcanic Activity Encircling the Ocean.
Ecuador straddles the boundary where the nazca and south American tectonic plates meet- two massive sections of the earth’s crust that grind against each other at about 65 millimeters (2.5 inches) per year.
More to Come…
