Earthquake details

Salı, Ağustos 4, 1998 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Ecuador on Salı, Ağustos 4, 1998 at 18:59 UTC with a magnitude of 7,2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Bahía de Caráquez (Ecuador - EC), about 3,6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -80,393 and latitude -0,593.

Buyukluk 7,2
Alert Extreme
Derinlik 33,0 km
Coordinates -0,593, -80,393
UTC time 1998-08-04 18:59:20.100
Konum Bahía de Caráquez
Ulke Ekvador (EC)
Severity Extreme

Earthquake map 1998-08-04

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