M 5.8 in Ecuador on 27 Mar 2022 04:28 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1315744
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 26.52 Km
Lat/Lon: 0.9088 , -79.5894
Event Date: 27 Mar 2022 04:28 UTC
26 Mar 2022 23:28 Local
Exposed Population: 210000 people in MMI
590 thousand in 100km
Inserted at: 27 Mar 2022 04:49 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.3 (Ecuador)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Ecuador= 4.3; Colombia= 4

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000gxlu Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.9  
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Ecuador - Landslide and earthquake (ECHO 28 Mar 2022)Mon, 28 Mar 2022 11:14

  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting southern Ecuador (in particular the Azuay Province) over the past 24 hours, triggering a huge landslide that has resulted in casualties and damage.
  • The Servicio Nacional de Gestión de Riesgos reports, as of 28 March, two fatalities, four injured people, around 15 damaged houses and damaged roads due to a landslide occurred in Cuenca City (the third city of the country, in northern Azuay Province) in the afternoon of 27 March.
  • An earthquake of 5.8M at a depth of 26 km occurred in northern Ecuador on 27 March at 4.28 UTC (26 March at 23.28 local time). The epicentre was located inland approximately 10 km south-east of the coastal town of Esmeraldas (Esmeraldas Province) and 175 km north-west of the Capital Quito.
  • An aftershock of 5.4M at a depth of 46 km at 20.17 UTC (15.17 local time) was recorded in the same Province, approximately 5 km north-east of the previous 5.8M event.
  • The Servicio Nacional de Gestión de Riesgos reports, as of 27 March, one injured person and a total of 356 affected people across the northern Esmeraldas Province. In addition, the same source reports two destroyed houses, 100 damaged buildings (included six schools and two hospitals) and one damaged bridge across the affected area.
Ecuador - Earthquake, update Tue, 29 Mar 2022 08:18

  • After the earthquake of 5.8M at a depth of 26 km occurred in Esmeraldas Province (northern Ecuador) on 27 March at 4.28 UTC, the number of casualties and the reported damage has increased.
  • The National Risk and Emergency Management Service (SNGRE), as of 29 March, one fatality, one injured person and a total of 1,155 affected people across the northern Esmeraldas Province, in particular in the area of the coastal town of Esmeralda.
  • In addition, the same source reports 42 destroyed houses, 243 damaged buildings (including ten schools, nine public buildings and seven hospitals) and one damaged bridge across the affected area.
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),