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Urgent: M6.0 earthquake jolts Ecuador -- USGS

Xinhua,December 03, 2017 Adjust font size:

BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- A magnitude-6.0 earthquake jolted 19 km northeast of Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador, at 1119 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 24.73 km, was initially determined to be at 0.4845 degrees south latitude and 80.2823 degrees west longitude. Enditem