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Lodestar

(2,388 posts) Wed May 18, 2016, 04:46 AM May 2016

Western Ecuador Rattled by Magnitude 6.7 Earthquake: USGS

Source: NBC

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 struck western Ecuador early Wednesday, the U.S. Geographical Survey said, likely a huge aftershock from last month's deadly tremblor.

The quake's epicenter was 36 miles south of Esmeraldas at a depth of about seven miles.

A destructive Pacific-wide tsunami was not expected, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in a statemen

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We woke up to the wood blinds rattling Puglover May 2016 #1

Thanks for filling us in! Stay safe! n/t Lodestar May 2016 #2

Glad I don't live in CA LittleGirl May 2016 #3

Puglover

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1. We woke up to the wood blinds rattling

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Wed May 18, 2016, 06:51 AM

May 2016

and swinging back like crazy at 0300. It lasted about 15 seconds. And we are in Imbabura in the Highlands. It is such a weird sensation. Luckily the damage on the coast was minimal.

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