Ecuador and Japan earthquakes: Are they related?
By Ralph Ellis, CNN
Updated 1611 GMT (2311 HKT) April 18, 2016
19 photos: 7.8-magnitude quake hits Ecuador
A destroyed vehicle lies under debris in Portoviejo on April 17.
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19 photos: 7.8-magnitude quake hits Ecuador
A man takes in the damage in Portoviejo on April 17.
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19 photos: 7.8-magnitude quake hits Ecuador
A rescue worker searches a destroyed house in Pedernales on April 17.
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19 photos: 7.8-magnitude quake hits Ecuador
Residents remain on the streets for fear of aftershocks in Pedernales on April 17.
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Rescue workers try to pull out survivors trapped in a collapsed building in Manta on April 17.
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Police check out a car crushed under a collapsed overpass in Guayaquil.
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19 photos: 7.8-magnitude quake hits Ecuador
Rescue workers stand near a destroyed car in Guayaquil.
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19 photos: 7.8-magnitude quake hits Ecuador
Residents walk on a street amid destroyed buildings in Guayaquil on April 16.
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An hotel leans after the earthquake in Manta on April 16.
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Damage is seen inside a store in Guayaquil on April 16.
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19 photos: 7.8-magnitude quake hits Ecuador
Rescue workers search the rubble of a collapsed building for victims in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Sunday, April 17. A magnitude-7.8 quake struck off Ecuador's central coast on Saturday, April 16, flattening buildings and buckling highways. It's the deadliest quake to strike the South American country in decades.
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Volunteers remove a body from a destroyed house in Pedernales, Ecuador, on April 17.
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Vehicles from a car dealership hang on a precipice caused by an earthquake induced landslide in Portoviejo, Ecuador, on April 17.
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People walk among the debris of a collapsed building in Pedernales, Ecuador, on April 17.
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A woman cries as she stands next to a destroyed house in Pedernales, Ecuador, April 17.
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People make their way through debris from a collapsed building in Pedernales, Ecuador, on April 17.
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A building has collapsed in Portoviejo on April 17.
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People search through the rubble of destroyed homes in Pedernales on April 17.
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19 photos: 7.8-magnitude quake hits Ecuador
A destroyed vehicle lies under debris in Portoviejo on April 17.
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19 photos: 7.8-magnitude quake hits Ecuador
A man takes in the damage in Portoviejo on April 17.
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A rescue worker searches a destroyed house in Pedernales on April 17.
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Residents remain on the streets for fear of aftershocks in Pedernales on April 17.
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Rescue workers try to pull out survivors trapped in a collapsed building in Manta on April 17.
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Police check out a car crushed under a collapsed overpass in Guayaquil.
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Residents walk on a street amid destroyed buildings in Guayaquil on April 16.
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An hotel leans after the earthquake in Manta on April 16.
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Damage is seen inside a store in Guayaquil on April 16.
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19 photos: 7.8-magnitude quake hits Ecuador
Rescue workers search the rubble of a collapsed building for victims in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Sunday, April 17. A magnitude-7.8 quake struck off Ecuador's central coast on Saturday, April 16, flattening buildings and buckling highways. It's the deadliest quake to strike the South American country in decades.
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Volunteers remove a body from a destroyed house in Pedernales, Ecuador, on April 17.
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Vehicles from a car dealership hang on a precipice caused by an earthquake induced landslide in Portoviejo, Ecuador, on April 17.
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People walk among the debris of a collapsed building in Pedernales, Ecuador, on April 17.
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A woman cries as she stands next to a destroyed house in Pedernales, Ecuador, April 17.
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People make their way through debris from a collapsed building in Pedernales, Ecuador, on April 17.
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A building has collapsed in Portoviejo on April 17.
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People search through the rubble of destroyed homes in Pedernales on April 17.
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(CNN)Several million earthquakes occur annually, but most are unnoticed because they're so small, the U.S. Geologic Survey says.
But three recent earthquakes -- on Thursday and Saturday morning in Japan and Saturday night in Ecuador -- have gotten lots of attention because of the great destruction.
Here are five things to know about those quakes.
1. Are the Ecuador and Japan earthquakes related?
It's way too early to tell, said Paul Caruso, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey.
"It's one day after the Ecuador earthquake and two days after the Japanese earthquake, so no real research has been done on these quakes as far as they're being connected," he said Sunday.
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