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Powerful magnitude 6 earthquake strikes Ecuador as damage feared in coastal city
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Powerful magnitude 6 earthquake strikes Ecuador as damage feared in coastal city
The quake struck 19km northeast of Bahia de Caraquez on the west coast of Ecuador at 11.19UTC. Tremors came at a depth of 24.73km, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). It is not known yet if there has been any major damage from the quake. Ex-President Rafael Correa tweeted: Strong quake in San Vicente and the bay. I hope everything is okay. “Here in Esmeraldas, it was also felt strongly. “It
reminds me of harder times in my presidency.” The large, bustling city of Bahia de Caraquez is popular with tourists and famed for its beaches. It is located around 360km west of the country’s capital Quito. A magnitude 7.8 quake in the country last year caused widespread devastation. At least 676 people died and further 16,600 people were injured in the disaster. READ MORE https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/887468/Ecuador-earthquake-USGS-Bahia-de-Caraquez

The Big One? Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes as damage feared in coastal city
A HUGE earthquake measuring magnitude 6 has rocked a coastal city this morning.
By MARK CHANDLER
PUBLISHED: 11:46, Sun, Dec 3, 2017 | UPDATED: 14:23, Sun, Dec 3, 2017
The quake struck EcuadorUSGS
The quake struck Ecuador
The quake struck 19km north east of Bahia de Caraquez on the west coast of Ecuador at 11.19UTC.
Tremors came at a depth of 24.73km, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
It is not known yet if there has been any major damage from the quake.
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Ex-President Rafael Correa tweeted: Strong quake in San Vicente and the bay. I hope everything is okay.
“Here in Esmeraldas it was also felt strongly.
“It reminds me of harder times in my presidency.”
The large, bustling city of Bahia de Caraquez is popular with tourists and famed for its beaches.
It is located around 360km west of the country’s capital Quito.
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A magnitude 7.8 quake in the country last year caused widespread devastation.
At least 676 people died and further 16,600 people were injured in the disaster.
Bahia de Caraquez was particularly badly hit with swathes of homes collapsing.
A number of other tremors have also struck the earthquake-prone region in recent weeks.
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Ecuador is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, the world’s most active earthquake belt.
The ring is a chain of active volcanoes and quake hotspots running around the edge of the Pacific.
It is believed that about 90 per cent of all earthquakes occur along the horse-shaped ring that covers several tectonic plates.
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