Earthquake — Ecuador: Near West Coast: Manabi, Esmeraldas

When

16 Apr 2016

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.8

Where

Ecuador

Coordinates

0.38° N, 79.92° W

Deaths

663

Injuries

6274

Missing

9

Damage musd

3300

Houses destroyed

6998

Intensity mmi

9

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, where it was felt strongly.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 strikes northwestern Ecuador killing 676 people and injuring over 6,000”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Im Westen Ecuadors ereignet sich ein schweres Erdbeben, durch das mehr als 650 Menschen sterben und mehr als 27.000 Menschen verletzt werden”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в Эквадоре произошло землетрясение магнитудой 7,8 Mw”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un terremoto de magnitud 7,8 sacudió el noroeste de Ecuador, causando la muerte de 676 personas y más de 6.000 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “南美洲厄瓜多爾發生黎克特制7.8地震，是當地自1979年以來最強烈地震，釀成660死32失蹤51,376傷，最少10名外國人在地震中遇難。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “エクアドル時間18時58分頃、マグニチュード (M) 7.8の2016年エクアドル地震が発生した。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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