This book provides an account of the 1987 Ecuador earthquakes, evaluating the physical phenomena involved and the performance of structures and systems.
DIANE Publishing Company. SEISMIC HAZARD IN ECUADOR H.A. Yepes , L.F. Bonilla and M.C. Ruiz , Instituto Geofisico , Escuela Politecnica Nacional , P.O. Box 17-01-2759 , Quito , Ecuador . HISTORY OF EARTHQUAKE HAZARD ASSESSMENT The role ...
... earthquakes where the two plates collide. Ecuador has a history of highly destructive seismic activity, notably the great earthquake of August 5, 1949. This earthquake, of magnitude 7.5 on the Richter scale, was centered 25 miles (40 km) ...