2016 Ecuador earthquake

earthquake which occurred on 16 April 2016
Event earthquake Q23835355
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2016 Ecuador earthquake

Summary

2016 Ecuador earthquake is an earthquake[1]. It draws 369 Wikipedia views per month (earthquake category, ranking #90 of 869).[2]

Key Facts

  • 2016 Ecuador earthquake is located in Pedernales Canton[3].
  • 2016 Ecuador earthquake is in the country of Ecuador[4].
  • 2016 Ecuador earthquake's instance of is recorded as earthquake[5].
  • 2016 Ecuador earthquake's instance of is recorded as natural disaster[6].
  • 2016 Ecuador earthquake's instance of is recorded as disaster[7].
  • 2016 Ecuador earthquake's Commons category is recorded as 2016 Ecuador earthquake[8].
  • 2016 Ecuador earthquake took place on April 16, 2016[9].
  • 2016 Ecuador earthquake's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 0.371, 'lon': -79.94}[10].
  • 2016 Ecuador earthquake resulted in {'amount': '+673'} deaths[11].
  • 2016 Ecuador earthquake caused {'amount': '+2000'} injuries[12].
  • 2016 Ecuador earthquake's earthquake magnitude on the moment magnitude scale is recorded as {'amount': '+7.8'}[13].
  • 2016 Ecuador earthquake's earthquake magnitude on the Richter magnitude scale is recorded as {'amount': '+7.8'}[14].
  • 2016 Ecuador earthquake's vertical depth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+20.6'}[15].
  • 2016 Ecuador earthquake's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Zika Corpus[16].

Body

When and Where

2016 Ecuador earthquake occurred on April 16, 2016[9]. It is in the country of Ecuador[4].

Context

Recorded instance of include earthquake[5], natural disaster[6], and disaster[7].

Outcome and Impact

2016 Ecuador earthquake resulted in {'amount': '+673'} deaths[11]. It caused {'amount': '+2000'} injuries[12].

Why It Matters

2016 Ecuador earthquake draws 369 Wikipedia views per month (earthquake category, ranking #90 of 869).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . elcomercio.com. elcomercio.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . earthquake.usgs.gov. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . earthquake.usgs.gov. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Earthquake magnitude on the richter magnitude scale {'amount': '+7.8'}
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