USGS UPGRADED:Magnitude 6.6
Region NEAR COAST OF ECUADOR
Date time 2016-05-18 16:46:41.9 UTC
Location 0.36 N ; 79.67 W
Depth 10 km
http://m.emsc.eu/earthquake/earthquake.php?evid=507240
Novo sismo!
The Alpine Fault along the South Island usually causes a severe earthquake every 300 years and the last one happened in 1717.
A shake could be as severe as magnitude 8.0, so the civil defence and emergency management ministry has given $490,000 to a team of scientists and emergency response experts to create a plan about what to do should the big one strike and investigate further, according to Marlborough District Council documents made public this week.