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I think it's all related. They're both located in the "ring of fire."
They're not related. At all.
The earthquake in Japan was movement of a slip-strike fault on the Eurasian plate. The Ecuadoran earthquake was a thrust type (completely different from a slip-strike type earthquake - think of the Cascadian subduction zone compared to the San Andreas). And the fault in question in Ecuador lies along the border of the Nazca and South American plates.
Completely different earthquake types.
Completely different parts of the globe.
Completely different tectonic plates that don't even touch each other.
There have been five 7.0+ earthquakes this year. There are 12-20 in a typical year. It is not unusual that occasionally unrelated quakes will occur on the same day, in the same way that if you put 23 people in a room, the odds are even than at least two of them will share a birthday.
The president of Ecuador was just on Charlie Rose hyping tourism. It looked interesting. But I loath going anywhere where no one understands English beyond a 6th grade level. And somewhat ironic since his administration in focused on reducing US influence. The president spoke very good English, he has a PhD from the university of Illinois, but I am sure that is atypical.
As far as the earth quake... Yea that is a big one, but I would think a less developed country would be less effected by an earth quake.
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