As mentioned in the previous post, Ecuador experiences many earthquakes. Because of the unusual formation of the plate boundary, earthquakes happen when they're unexpected. This region has had a total of 116 earthquakes within the past 365 days, (the largest being a 7.8 magnitude) and 5 within the past month. Compared to the amount over the past year, this last month was like giving a break to the region. But the region recently experienced a moderately sized (5.5 magnitude) earthquake near Bahia De Caraquez, located in Ecuador. The Esmeraldas province is the most affected area by most recent earthquakes, and it is also known to be the most dangerous territory. To prevent serious disaster or catastrophe, risk studies of future earthquakes can be used to create emergency plans of the area. Prevention and contingency measures are supposed to be the most effective to prevent seismic situations because they can't be predicted within a short period of time.
References:
http://earthquaketrack.com/p/ecuador/recent
https://phys.org/news/2016-04-seismic-ecuador.html
Hi Jake,
ReplyDeleteYour post is very informative and I learned a lot about earthquakes in Ecuador. As you mentioned in Ecuador like Iran, the country I chose, massive earthquakes happen. Seems like the last April earthquake was devastating. It’s sad.
Yes, the map I saw about its seismicity -below- is pretty full of risks..and the map of population puts most poeple int he western area, near the plate boundary...
ReplyDeletehttp://reliefweb.int/map/ecuador/ecuador-population-density
https://www.globalquakemodel.org/get-involved/news/impact/hazard-data-ecuador-earthquake/