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Witness location : Tosagua (Ecuador) (136 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7473 min

Hay varios huecos así en el canto de tosagua unos mas grandes y fondos q otros

Witness location : Quevedo (Ecuador) (165 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 110 min

Canton Quevedo... Los Ríos... Ecuador movimiento fuerte... los habitantes salieron a las calles.

Witness location : Quito (Ecuador) (166 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1579 min

Fuerzas ECUADOR

Witness location : Quito (Ecuador) (167 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4317 min

It was horrible very stronger

Witness location : Quito (Ecuador) (168 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1401 min

Guayaquil bajo el puente

Witness location : Quito (Ecuador) (169 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 57 min

I felt it in Quito it was long everything shaking we had to evacuate the buildings

Witness location : Quito (Ecuador) (170 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 542 min

Gracias a dios en quito .. Estabamos dn un megamaxi y nos metimos en un lugar seguro mientras todo pasaba

Witness location : Quito (Ecuador) (170 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 51 min

Seisme très bien ressenti au 4 ème étage. Je pense avoir bien ressentie les vibrations durant au moins 30s. Rien n'est tombé mais tout vibrait.

Witness location : Quito (Ecuador) (170 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1461 min

Horrendous experience, many coastal areas were hit and the images are heart braking. A lot of robberies after the quake.

Witness location : Manta (Ecuador) (177 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 79 min

Muy fuerte hay varios muertos y heridos en la ciudad de manta edificios derrumbados

Witness location : Quito (Ecuador) (177 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 763 min

Terrible. Duró muchisimo tiempo y nuestra casa se sacudía bastante. Afortunadamente no sufrimos daños pero la pared de la casa del frente colapso, y hay muchos muertos en las ciudades costeras.

Witness location : Quito (Ecuador) (180 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 651 min

Muy fuerte definitivamente

Witness location : (Ecuador) (182 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 42 min

This earthquake lasted very long and it felt like being in the ocean.

Witness location : Ibarra (Ecuador) (197 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 284 min

Desde Ibarra si se sintió medio duro se fue la luz en algunos lados y toda la gente afuera.

Witness location : Cayambe (Ecuador) (199 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 291 min

Fue muy fuerte ty duro 48 segundos

Witness location : Puerto Cayo (Ecuador) (215 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 61 min

Puerto cayo manabi ecuador. Violent. Lasted over a minute. Still unable to assess damage. Roof tiles broken onto ground. Pool water waves of 1 foot.

Witness location : Puerto López (Ecuador) (240 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7423 min

It shook for over 60 seconds, the noise was defending, the power poles in front of my house flapped like grass in the wind.

Witness location : Tulcán (Ecuador) (246 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 882 min

Senti asta colombia

Witness location : Montañita (Ecuador) (264 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 487 min

Most powerful i have ever experienced.

Witness location : Samborondón (Ecuador) (281 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7524 min

Varias cosas se calleron dentro de mi casa. Sentia como todo temblaba. Mi carro se movia hacia adelante y hacia atrás. Fue muy fuerte.

Witness location : Guayaquil (Ecuador) (282 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3088 min

Es fue feo

Witness location : Milagro (Ecuador) (282 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3121 min

Asustada y orando

Witness location : Guayaquil (Ecuador) (282 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 862 min

We were in Guayaquil. Second floor of restaurant. Table shook and items fell of the table. On the way back to the hotel we noticed rubble on the street from buildings above. The room had plaster fall and cracks near the Windows.

Witness location : Guayaquil (Ecuador) (282 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 65 min

Bien duro

Witness location : Guayaquil (Ecuador) (284 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6146 min

Fue feo el terremoto muy fuerte

Witness location : Guayaquil (Ecuador) (286 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5781 min

It was pretty scary but I'm glad I survived. Ecuador is united helping, my ecuadorian family I'm proud of you. We are with you. Fuerza Ecuador, mis oraciones van por todos mis hermanos ecuatorianos que estan sufriendo. La ayuda esta en camino! Ten fe que si salimos de esta!

Witness location : Naranjito (Ecuador) (288 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 955 min

Muy fuerte

Witness location : Guayaquil (Ecuador) (291 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3777 min

Fue horrible

Witness location : Guayaquil (Ecuador) (293 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2543 min

Very strong

Witness location : Pasto (Colombia) (303 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1232 min

 We were traveling to Cali in a bus traveling near 50 mph right to left swaying thought we had a flat tire made our plane to Miami when we connected to Bogotá it  in a bus traveling near 50 mph we felt right to left swaying thought we had a flat tire made our plane to Miami when we connected to Bogota it lasted 30-45 seconds no road damage but being from Florida we never experienced anything like it

Witness location : Salinas (Ecuador) (312 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 111 min

Sitting on the Livingroom sofa, felt swaying and noticed coat hangers moving back and forth . Then the 10 story building continued to sway for about 30 seconds or more.

Witness location : General Villamil (Ecuador) (340 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 170 min

eran las 7 de la noche en Playas, Guayas parecia que los muebles y la mesa se mecian.... emtonces se estremecio mas fuerte, fue aproximandamente 40 segundos de duracion, sali a la calle y el viento estaba seco, empezo hacer calor, hubo un apagon de 14 segundos.

Witness location : (Ecuador) (375 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 51 min

Fue fuerte toda la ciudadela salieron de sus casas asustados

Witness location : Cuenca (Ecuador) (378 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Eating dinner & table started shaking & a ceramic hanging parrot in our sunroom started swinging. We live in Cuenca, EC

Witness location : Cuenca (Ecuador) (379 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 474 min

It shook pretty hard in Cuenca

Witness location : Cuenca (Ecuador) (379 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5793 min

It felt like an odd swaying and lasted a long time.

Witness location : Machala (Ecuador) (406 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4919 min

ha sido muy duro enfrentar la catastrofe el pais entero se moviliza todos tratando de ayudar fuerza y valor juntos saldremos de esto

Witness location : Popayán (Colombia) (429 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 248 min

Fue un sismo un poco fyete

Witness location : Jamundí (Colombia) (489 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 290 min

Sentí que la tierra se mecía de lafo a lado, lenta, ritmica y prolongadamente

Witness location : Loja (Ecuador) (491 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 73 min

We live in Loja-Ecuador at 2.500 metres above sea level. It lasted about 1 minute.

Witness location : Loja (Ecuador) (494 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 152 min

Things dangled!

Witness location : Bogotá (Colombia) (804 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 44 min

Se sintió fuerte y largo