New quake, magnitude 6.2, strikes off Ecuador coast

By Ana Isabel Martinez and Julia Symmes Cobb PEDERNALES, Ecuador (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook Ecuador's coast early on Wednesday, terrifying locals and impeding rescuers after a bigger weekend quake battered the same area and killed nearly 500 people. The latest earthquake hit 25 km (15 miles) off Muisne on the northwest Pacific coast at a depth of 15 km, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. Ecuador's Geophysical Institute said there were in fact two quakes of magnitude 6.2, f