4. 17 Brief Introduction of Ecuador Earthquake

4. 17 Ecuador earthquake refers to an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 near the coast of Ecuador (0.37 1 degree north latitude and 79.940 degrees west longitude) at 07: 58: 37 on April 20 16, with a focal depth of19. 1 The magnitude initially measured by the Institute of Geophysics of Ecuador was 6.5, and later it was raised to 7.8. Ecuador's neighbors Colombia and Peru also felt the earthquake. As of April 19, 2009, the earthquake has killed 480 people, injured nearly 3,000 people and left hundreds missing.