Tsunami Ecuador, Warning Earthquake Ecuador 7.4 on the Richter

An earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale (SR) rocked the area off the coast of Ecuador, South America, the morning local time. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (Pacific Tsunami Warning Center) said the earthquake is likely to create a tsunami along the coast of Ecuador to Colombia.

"There is a possibility of a tsunami from this earthquake which will run 300 kilometers from the epicenter along the coast of Ecuador and Colombia," said the office of the Pacific tsunami warning as reported by Reuters, Sunday (04/17/2016).

The earthquake was centered off the coast of Ecuador at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles) and 173 kilometers (107 miles) northwest of the capital Quito.

There are no reports of casualties and damage caused by this earthquake.

An earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale (SR) rocked Ecuador, South America. The earthquake was centered just off the Esmeralda region.

As reported by AFP on Sunday (04/17/2016), the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the earthquake occurred at 23:58 local time (16/4).

Esmeralda itself is a coastal city located in northwest Ecuador.

Unknown impact that occurs as a result of this natural disaster. Earthquake in Ecuador is the second natural events after the April 14 earthquake of magnitude 7.0 shook the region Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan.

At that time, dozens of people dead and tens of thousands more were forced to flee to a safe place.