Ecuador. Exactly 50% of people who played the Ecuador map game knew where the South American country was. But those who missed it missed it by a lot: The average errant guess landed 609 miles away.

Click and drag the marker to where you think Ecuador is on this map of the world. When you drop it, the answer will appear, and you’ll see how your guess compares with everyone else who has played. On ...

When the shaking, faint but jarring, began, Daniel Orellana, a geographer at the University of Cuenca, in southern Ecuador, was at home with his wife and daughter. It was Saturday evening, around 7 ...

A massive 7.5 earthquake was initially measured at magnitude 7.7 but has now been scaled down to magnitude 7.5. It was felt in both Ecuador and Peru as well as in parts of Colombia. Images of the ...

Watch a report on a mapping project in Ecuador following its earthquake. A project called Mapping Ecuador is allowing people to pinpoint hospitals, shelters and other key places in the South American ...

This is an aerial view of Pedernales, one of Ecuador's worst-hit towns, taken on April 18, two days after a 7.8-magnitude quake hit the country. Rescuers and desperate families clawed through the ...

Six provinces, which are home to more than six million people, have been declared in a state of emergency. Where should aid be targeted? Following an earthquake like the one that struck Ecuador last ...

The nation was struck by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake at 10.17am GMT near Macas, 115km east southeast of Palora, Ecuador, according to initial reports from Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP). Around 20 ...