The 1998 Bahía de Caráquez earthquake occurred on August 4 at 13:59 local time (18:59 UTC) with a magnitude Mw 7.2. The epicenter was located at 10 km north of Bahía de Caráquez, about 190 km NNW of Guayaquil, and about 215 km W of Quito, Ecuador. The intensity in Bahía de Caráquez reached MM VIII. In Bahía de Caráquez, electricity, telephone, and water services disrupted, and many buildings were damaged. It was felt strongly in Guayaquil and Quito and could be felt in much of Ecuador and in Cali, Colombia. An Mw 5.4 foreshock occurred 1 hour and 24 minutes before the main shock and hence alerted many people. The Nazca Plate is subducting beneath the South American Plate near the Ecuadorian coast. This earthquake was a shallow thrust earthquake in this subduction zone.
El terremoto de Bahía de Caráquez de 1998 fue un movimiento sísmico de magnitud 7.2 MW ocurrido el martes 4 de agosto de 1998 a las 13:59 UTC-5, tuvo una profundidad de 33 km y una intensidad en la escala de Mercalli de VIII.[1]Su epicentro se localizo a 3 km de la ciudad de Bahía de Caráquez, en la Provincia de Manabí.[2]
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