A 7.5-degree earthquake rocked Ecuador and provoked a strong aftershock near Guayaquil

Two earthquakes, one of 7.5 and the other of 6 degrees of magnitude, were recorded in the early hours of this Friday. in the province of Morona Santiago, in the Amazon region of Ecuador, with no reports of casualties or property damage, reported the Institute of Geophysics (IG) of the National Polytechnic School .

The 7.5 earthquake occurred at 5:17 am local time (10:17 GMT), 107.27 km and 122.85 km from the city of Macas, in western Ecuador.

This movement took place at a latitude of 2.51 degrees and a length of 77 degrees.

Three minutes later, another earthquake of 6 degrees on the Richter scale occurred.in the same province, according to the Institute, 143 km deep, 65.2 km from Macas, at a latitude of 2.35 degrees and a length of 77.5 degrees.

The earthquakes in Morona Santiago, in the east of the country, were felt in much of the country, including in the Ecuadorian capital, Quito, according to his neighbors..

The Integrated Security Service (ECU 911) reported that evacuations took place in the provinces of Loja and Zamora Chinchipe and that intervention teams carried out structural inspections or warnings.

The population of some cities has come to the streets because of earthquakes, for which there are still no reports of casualties or material damage.

At 05:54 local time (10:54 GMT), another tremor was recorded., 3.6 degrees on the Richter Scale in the same province, 24.48 km deep and 136.54 km from Macas.

On the other hand, at 5:40 am local time (10:40 GMT), another earthquake, of 5.9 degrees on the Richter scale, has occurred., in the coastal province of Guayas, in the west of the country, at a depth of 34.41 km, 18.25 km from the coastal city of Guayaquil.

The tremor mentioned was given at 2.31 degrees latitude and 80 degrees longitude.

At 06:08 local time (11:08 GMT) there was a new earthquake of 3.51 degrees in the same province of Guayas, located in southwestern Ecuador.