2016 Ecuador earthquake
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earthquake which occurred on 16 April 2016
Key facts
- Utc time
- 2016-04-16 23:58:37
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- ComCat
- Local date
- April 16, 2016 ( 2016-04-16 )
- Local time
- 18:58:37 ECT (UTC-5)
- Magnitude
- 7.8 Moment mag. scale</span>"}]]}'>M w
- Depth
- 20.6 km (12.8 mi)
- Epicenter
- 0°22′16″N 79°56′24″W / 0.371°N 79.940°W / 0.371; -79.940
- Type
- Thrust
- Areas affected
- Ecuador , Colombia , Peru
- Maximum span max intensity
- MMI VIII ( Severe )
- Tsunami
- 1.11 m (3.6 ft)
- Foreshocks
- 4.8 Moment mag. scale</span>"}]]}'>M w
- Aftershocks
- 1,034 as of 07:50 ECT (12:50 UTC) April 28
- Casualties
- 676 killed, 8 missing, 27,732 injured
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- disaster
- Country
- Ecuador
- Located in
- Pedernales Canton
- Image
- CANTÓN EL CARMEN (26404058402).jpg
- Number of deaths
- 673
- Number of injured
- 2000
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- point in time
- 2016-04-16
- Commons category
- 2016 Ecuador earthquake
- earthquake magnitude on the moment magnitude scale
- 7.8
- earthquake magnitude on the Richter magnitude scale
- 7.8
- vertical depth
- 20.6
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Encyclopedic overview
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. The regions of Manta, Pedernales and Portoviejo accounted for over 75 percent of total casualties. Manta's central commercial shopping district, Tarqui, was completely destroyed. There was widespread damage across Manabí Province, and structures hundreds of kilometres from the epicenter collapsed. At least 676 people were killed and 27,732 people injured. President Rafael Correa declared a state of emergency; 13,500 military personnel and police officers were dispatched for recovery operations.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “2016 Ecuador earthquake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.