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1987 Ecuador earthquakes

Field	Value
name	1987 Ecuador earthquakes
map2	{{Location map+	Ecuador
{{Location map~	Ecuador	lat	0.0	long=-77.82	mark=Bullseye1.png	label=Foreshock	marksize=40}}
{{Location map~	Ecuador	lat	0.07	long=-77.75	mark=Bullseye1.png	label=Mainshock	position=left	marksize=60}}
relief	yes
width	250
float	right
caption	}}
timestamp	1987-03-06 04:10:43
isc-event	471340
anss-url	usp000330w
local-date
local-time	23:10:43 ECT
magnitude	7.1
depth	10 km
location
damages	$1 billion
intensity
foreshocks	6.4 March 6 at 01:54
aftershocks	6.0 March 6 at 08:14
casualties	1,000 dead
4,000 missing
20,000–150,000 displaced

|isc-event = 471340 |anss-url = usp000330w |local-date = |local-time = 23:10:43 ECT 4,000 missing 20,000–150,000 displaced

The 1987 Ecuador earthquakes occurred over a six-hour period on March 6, 1987. The sequence of shocks measured 6.7, 7.1, and 6.0 on the moment magnitude scale. The main shock had a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The earthquakes were centered in Napo Province in northeast Ecuador; the epicenters were on the eastern slopes of the Andes, about 75 km ENE of Quito and 25 km north of Reventador Volcano. The earthquakes caused about 1,000 deaths. Four thousand people were missing and damage was estimated at US$1 billion.

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ISC. (19 January 2015). "ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009)". [[International Seismological Centre]].
(September 4, 2009). "PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog". United States Geological Survey.
Bolton, P. A.. (1991). "The March 5, 1987, Ecuador Earthquakes: Mass Wasting and Socioeconomic Effects". [[National Academies Press]].
(1991). "The March 5, 1987, Ecuador Earthquakes: Mass Wasting and Socioeconomic Effects". [[National Academies Press]].

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