M7.8 NEAR COAST OF ECUADOR on April 16th 2016 at 23:58 UTC

Last update: 25 April 2016 at 07:03 UTC

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Earthquake details

An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck Ecuador on April 16th, at 23:58 UTC (18:58 local time), 167 km NW of Quito, Ecuador, and 27 km SE of Muisne, killing hundreds and devastating entire regions of the country. 

Reuters reports that the death toll from the quake exceeds 650 people at the time of this report, and thousands of injured.  President Rafael Correa, who cut short a trip to Rome to return to Ecuador, said he expects the death toll to rise. Government officials say there are many people who are still missing. 

More information on the main shock is available here.

If you have experienced this earthquake, you are invited to answer the online questionnaire. Your testimony will be useful to update the Intensity map here below, where intensities correspond to the effects of the earthquake.
You can also read the comments posted by people who experienced this event or view them on the interactive map here below.

 

Scientific articles relative to Ecuador subduction zone

• Tectonic segmentation of the North Andean margin: impact of the Carnegie Ridge collision by Gutscher et al.
• Are rupture zone limits of great subduction earthquakes controlled by upper plate structures? Evidence from multichannel seismic reflection data acquired across the northern Ecuador-southwest Colombia margin by Collot et al.

Aftershocks locations

 

 

 

Intensity map

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Comments posted by the witnesses

 

 

 

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Epicenter location

 

 

Main Shock Epicenter Location

Past Regional Seismicity as from the ISC catalogue (1964-2004) and EMSC Real Time catalogue (2005-today)

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