An earthquake centered on the southern equator on Saturday, March 18, killed at least 12 people and damaged several buildings, according to the initial report from the authorities. GMT) in the Ecuadorian municipality of Balao, 140 km from the port of Guayaquil and at a depth of 44 km, Ecuadorian authorities said. It also shocked Peru.
The American Seismological Institute (USGS) estimated the magnitude at 6.8 on the Richter scale, the Peruvian seismological authorities declared it at 7.0. According to the Ecuadorian Secretariat for Risk Management, one person died in Cuenca (south) and three others in the surrounding area as a result of a building collapse.
Tsunami not visible
In Peru, the director of the National Seismological Center, Hernando Tavera, told RPP radio that no casualties were recorded and that “no significant damage“. Aftershocks were felt, and the Oceanographic and Antarctic Institute of the Navy of Ecuador assured that aftershocks”does not meet the conditions necessary for the occurrence of a tsunami“in the Pacific.
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Peru and Ecuador are located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, a major seismic zone that stretches along the western coast of the American continent.
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