6.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Ecuador

  18 May 2016    Read: 710
6.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Ecuador
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador on Wednesday near the area where a 7.8 quake last month killed hundreds of people and caused widespread damage.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake`s epicenter was 21 miles from the town of Muisne in western Ecuador.

Rafael Correa, Ecuador`s president, tweeted there were no early reports of damage. There were also no immediate reports of injuries.

It comes just over a month after a quake on April 16 in the same Pacific coast area killed 660 people and left thousands homeless.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center based in Honolulu said a tsunami was not expected off the coast of Ecuador.

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