New quake, magnitude 6.2, strikes off Ecuador coast

2016-04-20 5

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook Ecuador's coast early on Wednesday after a bigger weekend quake battered the same area and killed nearly 500 people The latest earthquake hit 25 km off Muisne That was near the epicenter of Saturday's 7.8 quake which devastated a long swath of the coast and dealt a major blow to the oil-producing nation's already fragile economy