M5.0 earthquake near El Triunfo, Guayas

What happened

A magnitude 5 earthquake struck 13 km NNE of Santa Lucía, Ecuador on 28 Nov 2017, 02:04 UTC at a depth of 70 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Moderate. Can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre. This was an intermediate-depth earthquake, so shaking is spread over a wider, gentler area.

The nearest town in our records is El Triunfo, about 14 km away in Guayas, Ecuador.