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Canadian woman dies in avalanche on Ecuador volcano: officials
France24   08 July 2022   Ecuador   Chimborazo volcano  
Pablo Cozzaglio AFP/File
<p>One Canadian woman died and a fellow citizen was injured when an avalanche roared down the side of snow-capped Chimborazo volcano, Ecuador's highest peak, rescue service officials said Thursday.<br />Advertising<br />Security Service ECU911 in Riobamba ...
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7.5 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Ecuador's Border With Peru
npr   22 February 2019   Ecuador  
An earthquake struck early Friday morning at an intermediate depth of around 82 miles, the USGS said. U.S. Geological Survey
<p>A powerful earthquake struck eastern Ecuador early Friday, sending tremors for miles through a sparsely populated area and into neighboring Peru and Colombia. The quake hit at an intermediate depth of about 82 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey said.</p ...
Ecuador Earthquake: Quito and Guayaquil hit by earth tremor in ring of fire
Express   07 September 2018   Ecuador   Quito  
<p>THREE major earthquakes have hit South America within just one hour, including a massive 6.3 magnitude tremor which hit Ecuador&rsquo;s capital Quito.</p>
Ecuador’s ‘Troublemaker’ volcano sends lava flying in fiery explosion
Global News   19 December 2017   Ecuador  
Ecuador’s ‘Troublemaker’ volcano sends lava flying in fiery explosion
<p>A little-known active stratovolcano erupted in a fiery explosion in the Amazonian Andes of Ecuador known as 'Reventador' in early December. Reventador is Spanish for 'troublemaker'.<br />British volcano photographer Dr. Richard Roscoe documented the spectacular ...
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Deadly Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake Strikes Ecuador
Popular Science   17 April 2016   Ecuador   Quito  
A map showing the location of the April 16 Earthquake in Ecuador.
<p>An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 struck Ecuador late last night, just 105 miles to the north west of the capital of Quito. Aftershocks are still shuddering through the area.<br />The large earthquake in Ecuador comes days after a series of large earthquakes ...
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