Another quake, magnitude 6.2, strikes off Ecuador coast

Another quake, magnitude 6.2, strikes off Ecuador coast

A consequence 6.2 convulsion addled off the bank of Ecuador on Wednesday, just canicule afterwards a above convulse hit the country killing about 500 people.

The latest convulse was centered 70 km (44 miles) off the Pacific bank boondocks Esmeraldas at a abyss of 10 km, the Pacific Tsunami Admonishing Center said, not far from the epicenter of Saturday's 7.8 consequence quake.

Reuters assemblage in the area said two able tremors of about 30 abnormal anniversary were acquainted in Cojimies, down the bank in the adversity area from the weekend earthquake, alive humans up and sending them into the street.

It was not acquainted in the altitude basic of Quito.

Ecuador's Geophysical Institute said a 6.2 consequence convulsion at 3.33 bounded time (0833 GMT) was followed by a alternation of after-shocks. There was no tsunami warning.

Saturday's 7.8 consequence convulse dead 480 people, larboard addition 107 missing, and afflicted added than 4,600. Hundreds of homes were destroyed and anchorage broken up in a above draft to the South American OPEC country's already brittle economy.

Supervising accomplishment plan in the adversity zone, President Rafael Correa said the weekend convulse inflicted $2 billion to $3 billion of accident to the oil-dependent abridgement and could beating 2 to 3 allotment credibility off growth.

Saturday's quake, Ecuador's affliction in decades, destroyed or damaged about 1,500 buildings, triggered mudslides. It larboard some 20,500 humans sleeping in shelters, according to the government.

In abandoned villages and towns, survivors struggled after water, ability or transport, although aid was trickling in.

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