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Ecuador Earthquake (Effects (Death Toll: +650 people, +2,527 injured…
Ecuador Earthquake
Effects
Death Toll: +650 people
+2,527 injured people
Buckled underpasses: Trap drivers
Shopping mall partly collapsed (People inside)
Buildings flattened: Contents spilled all over streets
Thousands left homeless (crying)
Original concerns about high tides -> tsunami after earthquake -> SIGNS
36 aftershocks
Parts of capital (Quito): No power and telephone service
Peru: Tsunami warning (neighbouring country)
Relief Efforts (Support for people)
10,000 soldiers
4,600 police officers
K9 units to search for bodies (killed) and survivors
Lack of communication and water
Highways and mountainous areas in bad shape -> previously rained -> hard to get to the needed
Pope Francis (Ask to pray for victims) of Japan and Ecuador earthquakes)
Correa (president) appreciates people's rescue efforts
Ask for earth moving machines
Cause (Why)
Nazca Plate subducts under
South American Plate
Epicentre: 17 miles offshore from Muisne and 100 miles northwest of capital (Quito)
Ring Of Fire -> Trench? South American?
Basic Information (5ws)
When: 18:58 Local Time
Where: Manabi Province hit hardest
Who: Priority to save people lying under rubble
How: Magnitude 7.8 on Richer Scale