It’s Ecuador’s Turn
The BBC reports that “At least 235 people have been confirmed dead and more than 1,500 people injured after Ecuador was hit by its most powerful earthquake in decades.” The US Geological Survey has the technical details of the magnitude 7.8 quake in the ocean trench near Muisne, Ecuador. The quakes in the trench are the result of the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate. The process created the Andes Mountains and is making them higher.
While I have always believed that a major tremor on one side of the “Circle of Fire” in the Pacific will result in a major tremor on the opposite side, I can’t prove it.
April 17, 2016 2 Comments
