Strong Earthquake Strikes Mache-Chindul Eco Reserve, Ecuador
Posted by feww on May 18, 2016
HPV
M6.7 earthquake occurs WNW of Quito, Ecuador
Centered at 0.428°N, 79.765°W, just north of the Equator, the quake occurred at a depth of depth=32.4 km (20.1 mi), reported USGS/EHP.
EQ Details
Magnitude: 6.7Mw [USGS/EHP]
Location: 0.428°N, 79.765°W depth=32.4 km (20.1 mi)
Time: 2016-05-18 07:57:05 (UTC)
Distances:
- 34.0 km (21.1 mi) WNW of Rosa Zarate
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi) ESE of Muisne
- 56.0 km (34.8 mi) S of Propicia
- 101.0 km (62.8 mi) NW of Santo Domingo de los Colorados
- 156.0 km (96.9 mi) WNW of Quito, Ecuador
Shallow EQs along Nazca – S. America Plates subduction zone
- 1960. M9.5 in S Chile (world’s largest instrumentally recorded earthquake)
- 1906. M8.5 near Esmeraldas, Ecuador
- 1922. M8.5 earthquake near Coquimbo, Chile
- 2001. M8.4 Arequipa, Peru
- 2007. M8.0 earthquake Pisco, Peru
- 2010. M8.8 Maule, Chile (occurred ~ 200km north of the 1960 event)
Fire Earth 
KB said
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Tonga
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Alaska
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Japan
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