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M 4.8 in Ecuador on 20 Apr 2017 11:32 UTC
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This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the Magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

  • Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
  • Depth: 10 Km
  • Event Date: 20 Apr 2017 11:32 UTC
  • Exposed Population: No people within 100km
  • Inserted at: 20 Apr 2017 12:03 UTC
  • INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 ()

References

Known identifiers for this event: us10008j7y (neicid)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 87 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Embajador de Ecuador en Canadá presentó Cartas Credenciales [www.ecuadorinmediato.com]

Fri, 21 Apr 2017 21:47:00 +0200ecuadorinmediato (es)

Diplomático agradeció por la ayuda de esa nación para con la situación que se vivió a causa del terremoto El Embajador del Ecuador en Canadá, Diego Stacey, presentó las Cartas Credenciales ante el Gobierno de ese país. Las credenciales fueron recibidas por el Gobernador General de Canadá, David....

Earthquake shakes Ecuador's Amazon region, damage unclear

Thu, 20 Apr 2017 05:35:00 +0200trust (en)

The quake sent people running into the streets of Quito. (Adds details on quake, background) By Alexandra Valencia. QUITO, April 18 (Reuters) - An earthquake in the Andean region shook Ecuador on Tuesday, witnesses said, sending people running into the streets in the capital of Quito a year after a deadly quake hit the country's Pacific coast.

Sismo de 6.1 estremece Ecuador sin causar víctimas

Wed, 19 Apr 2017 05:35:00 +0200panamaamerica (es)

Has completado el acceso a 10 notas, si no tines una cuenta te invitamos a crearla para que sigas disfrutando del contenido ilimitado de nuestra red de portales informativos. Crear cuenta. Hace poco más de un año, un violento terremoto de 7.8 grados de magnitud golpeó la costa central de Ecuador....

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EMM (1), JRC (68), (2), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (2), INFORM (2),

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