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4/16/2016 — Large M7.8 (M7.4) earthquake strikes East Pacific / South America / Ecuador

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A large M7.4 earthquake (now revised up to M7.8) has struck near the shores of Ecuador South America in the East Pacific.
Un gran sismo de M7.4 (ahora revisado a M7.8) sucedió cerca de las costas de Ecuador en Sudamérica en el Pacífico Oriental

This large East Pacific earthquake was something we were specifically watching out for.

Este gran sismo en el Pacífico Oriental era algo que especificamente estabamos observando.

The East Pacific was named as a location to watch for a large earthquake to strike as compensation movement for the massive amount of activity taking place in the WEST Pacific near Japan.

El Pacífico Oriental era una locación nombrada para observación para un gran sismo como compensación por la masiva actividad que está ocurriendo en al Oeste del Pacífico cerca de Japón.

See the warning issued for the East Pacific here:

Miren la advertencia para el Pacífico Oeste aquí:

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Information on this earthquake from the USGS:
Información de este sismo de la USGS:

M7.8 – 28km SSE of Muisne, Ecuador

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20005j32#origin

Magnitude	7.8 mwp
Location/uncertainty	0.348°N 79.972°W± 6.5 km
Depth/uncertainty	20.2 km± 5.0
Origin Time	2016-04-16 23:58:37.490 UTC
Number of Stations	–
Number of Phases	122
Minimum Distance	237.8 km (2.14°)
Travel Time Residual	1.10 s
Azimuthal Gap	73°
FE Region	NEAR THE COAST OF ECUADOR (105)