Ecuador vulnerable to earthquakes

For Hugo Yepez, director of the Geophysical Institute of the National Polytechnic threats earthquake in Ecuador, on the coast and in the mountains, not far away. The high vulnerability, social and political, we are exposed to high risks. What is the threat of another earthquake in Ecuador?
Is the one related to the deformation in the crust. In the Andes related failures respond to this deformation the crust is fragile and when broken are below cities do not need larger quantities, with median major disasters occur. In the story are headed when destroyed Riobamba in 1797. Almost every city in the Andean valley have a history of seismic impact and many of them his own remaking. All in a range of magnitude as that of 1987. Read Article