Ecuador earthquake: Powerful aftershocks continue to hit northern Ecuador

The epicenter of that earthquake was located between the towns of Cojimíes and Pedernales, in the province of Manabí, on the country’s northern coast.
Aftershocks continue to hit Ecuador’s northern coast in the wake of Saturday’s 7.8 magnitude quake, which killed more than 580 people and left more than 20,000 homeless.
Ecuador’s Geophysics Institute (IG) says the aftershocks will continue for at least a week following the powerful quake that hit at 6.58pm local time on Saturday, April 16.
The latest tremor, which hit early Friday morning 60 kilometers out to sea from the coastal town of Jama, at a depth of 10 kilometers, registered 6 on the Richter scale, and brings the total number of aftershocks to 657.
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Fuente: http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/04/22/inenglish/1461310480_275876.html