Major magnitude 6.6 earthquake - 53 km north of Caracas, Canton Sucre, Provincia de Manabi, Ecuador, on Sunday, September 2, 1990 at 04:26 GMT
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Major magnitude 6.6 earthquake at 14 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Sep 2, 1990 04:26:48 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 6.6 |
| Depth | 14.2 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 0.143°S / 80.283°W  (South Pacific Ocean, Ecuador) |
| Antipode | 0.143°N / 99.717°E |
| Shaking intensity | Very strong shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearest volcano | Quilotoa (173 km / 107 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 35 km (22 mi) SW of Pedernales (pop: 5,980) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 53 km (33 mi) NNE of Caracas (Cantón Sucre) (pop: 37,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 65 km (41 mi) NNW of Chone (pop: 44,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 79 km (49 mi) N of Calceta (Bolivar) (pop: 17,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 103 km (64 mi) NNE of Manta (pop: 183,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 103 km (64 mi) N of Portoviejo (pop: 170,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 124 km (77 mi) W of Santo Domingo de los Colorados (pop: 200,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 141 km (88 mi) SSW of Esmeraldas (pop: 165,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 196 km (122 mi) W of Quito (pop: 1,399,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 233 km (145 mi) N of Guayaquil (pop: 1,952,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 5 x 1014 joules (139 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.2 x 105 tons of TNT or 7.5 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 6.6 | 14 km | near the coast of Ecuador | USGS |
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (2 quakes)
Date and time | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
| Feb 20, 1991 07:38 31 years ago | 3.6 33 km | 2.6 km SW of Manta, Provincia de Manabi, Ecuador | More |
| Sep 2, 1990 05:07 32 years ago | 5.0 28 km | 61 km N of Caracas, Canton Sucre, Provincia de Manabi, Ecuador | More |
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