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A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. There were no records of injuries. The quake was centered 105 miles southeast of the capital of Quito at 6:54 a.m. local time today, at a depth of 118 miles.

The depth of the epicenter explicates why no injuries or damage or injuries were reported, said Liliana Troncozo, a geophysicist at the Ecuador Army’s National Poly technical School, in an interview.

“This was a very deep earthquake,” exclaimed Paul Caruso, a geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey, in a telephone interview. “That will moderate the damage somewhat, but this is a pretty strong earthquake. We have reports of it being felt throughout Ecuador.” The quake is distinctly to generate a tsunami, since its epicenter was not under the ocean, Caruso added.