1998 Bahía de Caráquez earthquake

Earthquake in Ecuador 1998 Bahía de Caráquez earthquake 1998-08-04 18:59:20 1174716 iscgem1174716 1998 08 04 13:59:20 ECT Ecuador w y 7.2 33 km 0.593 S 80.393 W XEXPO-CAT Earthquake Catalog https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/ December 1, 2008 United States Geological Survey Version 2007-12 9 February 2025 3 dead The 1998 Bahía de Caráquez earthquake occurred on August 4 at 13:59 local time (18:59 UTC) with a magnitude w y 7.2. The epicenter was located at 10 km north of Bahía de Caráquez, about 190 km NNW of Guayaquil, and about 215 km W of Quito, Ecuador. In Bahía de Caráquez, electricity, telephone, and water services disrupted, and many buildings were damaged. It was felt strongly in Guayaquil and Quito and could be felt in much of Ecuador and in Cali, Colombia.Preliminary Earthquake Report – Magnitude 7.2 Near Coast of Ecuador 1998 August 04 18:59:20 UTC United States Geological Survey https://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/1998/eq_980804/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120305163431/http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/1998/eq_980804/ 2012-03-05 deadhttps://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/significant/sig_1998.php Significant Earthquakes of the World 2010-09-22 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100720060117/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/significant/sig_1998.php 2010-07-20 An w 5.4 foreshock occurred 1 hour and 24 minutes before the main shock and hence alerted many people. The Nazca plate is subducting beneath the South American plate near the Ecuadorian coast. This earthquake was a shallow thrust earthquake in this subduction zone.Segovia M. Pacheco J. Shapiro N. Yepes H. Guillier B. Ruiz M. Calahorrano A. Andrade D. Egred J. The August 4, 1998, Bahia Earthquake (Mw=7.1): Rupture mecanism and comments on the potential Seismic Activity Fourth ISAG, Goettingen (Germany) https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers09-03/010022689.pdf 673677 1999 Since March 1997, Wawa Pichincha, 12 km to the west of Quito, began a period of unrest. Since May 1998, a seismic swarm occurred at Wawa Pichincha. Three days after the Bahía de Caráquez earthquake, on August 7, 1998, a moderate phreatic eruption occurred in Wawa Pichincha.Villagómez Darwin Ruiz Mario Yepes Hugo Hall Minard Guillier Bertrand Alvarado Alex Segovia Mónica Calahorrano Alcinoe Seismic activity at Guagua Pichincha volcano, Ecuador Fourth ISAG, Goettingen (Germany) http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers09-03/010022694.pdf 793796 1999 Wawa Pichincha remained active in 1999, and in 2000 its activities became more moderate.Guagua Pichincha – Index of Monthly Reports http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1502-02=&volpage=var Global Volcanism Program https://web.archive.org/web/20080317074501/http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1502-02=&volpage=var#bgvn_2412 2008-03-17 dead See also List of earthquakes in Ecuador References External links 1174716 Bahia De Caraquez Earthquake, 1998 Bahia De Caraquez Earthquake, 1998 Category:Earthquakes in Ecuador Category:1998 disasters in Ecuador Category:August 1998 in South America