Seismic history
Major earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and geological events in Ecuador, 1900–2026, with sources and detailed information.
Total earthquakes
214
M5+
Strongest
M8.8
M7+ events
19
Tsunami events
6
| Date | Magnitude | Location | Depth | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906-01-31 | 8.8 | 1906 Ecuador-Colombia Earthquake | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1942-05-14 | 7.8 | 12 km SE of Pedernales, Ecuador | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2016-04-16 | 7.8 | 27 km SSE of Muisne, Ecuador🌊 | 21 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1979-12-12 | 7.7 |
| 56 km NW of Valdez, Ecuador |
| 24 km |
| USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1958-01-19 | 7.6 | near the coast of Ecuador | 28 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2021-11-28 | 7.5 | 43 km NNW of Barranca, Peru🌊 | 126 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1906-09-28 | 7.5 | 16 km W of Barranca, Peru | 100 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2019-02-22 | 7.5 | 115 km ESE of Palora, Ecuador🌊 | 145 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1971-07-27 | 7.4 | 98 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador | 113 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1953-12-12 | 7.3 | 14 km NNE of Zorritos, Peru | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2012-09-30 | 7.3 | 11 km WNW of San Agustín, Colombia | 170 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1901-01-07 | 7.2 | Near the coast of Ecuador | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1970-12-10 | 7.2 | 9 km ENE of Papayal, Peru | 19 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1998-08-04 | 7.2 | 3 km E of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-10-28 | 7.2 | 51 km N of Barranca, Peru | 112 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1987-03-06 | 7.2 | 29 km SSE of Pimampiro, Ecuador | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2010-08-12 | 7.1 | Ecuador | 207 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1995-10-03 | 7.0 | 45 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador | 24 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1983-04-12 | 7.0 | 92 km NNE of La Peca, Peru | 104 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1956-01-16 | 7.0 | 7 km NNE of Tosagua, Ecuador | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1959-02-07 | 6.9 | 71 km NW of El Alto, Peru | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1958-02-01 | 6.9 | 51 km NW of Valdez, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2016-05-18 | 6.9 | 24 km NW of Rosa Zarate, Ecuador🌊 | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2013-02-09 | 6.9 | 2 km NNE of Yacuanquer, Colombia🌊 | 145 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1909-02-26 | 6.8 | 287 km N of Puerto Villamil, Ecuador | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2023-03-18 | 6.8 | 14 km NNW of Baláo, Ecuador🌊 | 68 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1912-07-24 | 6.8 | 13 km ESE of Huangala, Peru | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1986-11-23 | 6.8 | 109 km W of Alianza Cristiana, Peru | 106 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2007-11-16 | 6.8 | 30 km E of Macas, Ecuador | 123 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1933-10-02 | 6.8 | 46 km SW of Paján, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1916-06-30 | 6.8 | 13 km N of Muisne, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1976-04-09 | 6.7 | 25 km SW of Esmeraldas, Ecuador | 9 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1971-05-17 | 6.7 | 37 km E of Palora, Ecuador | 171 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1907-06-01 | 6.6 | 67 km NNW of Esmeraldas, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1944-10-23 | 6.6 | 45 km ESE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1963-05-10 | 6.6 | 55 km ENE of Macas, Ecuador | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1990-09-02 | 6.6 | 34 km SW of Pedernales, Ecuador | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1983-11-22 | 6.6 | 21 km SE of Muisne, Ecuador | 55 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1982-11-18 | 6.6 | 122 km SSE of Boca Suno, Ecuador | 195 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1961-07-28 | 6.6 | 119 km E of Macas, Ecuador | 142 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1942-07-12 | 6.6 | 29 km SE of Pedernales, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1946-03-29 | 6.6 | 61 km WSW of Jipijapa, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1914-11-18 | 6.5 | 197 km NW of Manta, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1965-09-17 | 6.5 | 58 km E of Puyo, Ecuador | 186 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2022-02-03 | 6.5 | 49 km NW of Barranca, Peru | 110 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1995-10-03 | 6.5 | 50 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador | 17 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1955-05-11 | 6.5 | 42 km SE of Cayambe, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1949-08-05 | 6.5 | 22 km NE of Baños, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2000-09-28 | 6.4 | 45 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador | 23 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1987-09-22 | 6.4 | 26 km W of Tena, Ecuador | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1981-05-06 | 6.4 | 37 km NNE of Salinas, Ecuador | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1969-04-05 | 6.3 | off the coast of Ecuador | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1957-08-26 | 6.3 | 32 km N of Salinas, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1958-02-01 | 6.3 | 28 km NW of Valdez, Ecuador | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2025-04-25 | 6.3 | 19 km NE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador | 18 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1952-01-15 | 6.3 | 10 km NE of El Alto, Peru | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1999-08-28 | 6.3 | 43 km SE of Tena, Ecuador | 196 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1996-08-05 | 6.3 | 24 km NNW of Salinas, Ecuador | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1992-07-13 | 6.3 | 52 km SSW of Alianza Cristiana, Peru | 97 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1989-06-25 | 6.3 | 19 km NNE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2016-07-11 | 6.3 | 33 km NNW of Rosa Zarate, Ecuador | 21 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2005-05-21 | 6.3 | 55 km NW of Zorritos, Peru | 40 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1938-02-08 | 6.3 | 74 km WSW of Jipijapa, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1923-12-14 | 6.3 | 28 km WNW of El Ángel, Ecuador | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1954-06-04 | 6.3 | Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1942-06-12 | 6.3 | 128 km ESE of Palora, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1924-07-22 | 6.2 | 33 km W of Ambato, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1964-05-19 | 6.2 | 10 km SW of Tosagua, Ecuador | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1917-03-29 | 6.2 | 26 km SE of Santa Elena, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1943-01-30 | 6.2 | 19 km SSW of Lomas de Sargentillo, Ecuador | 59 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2021-07-30 | 6.2 | 7 km E of Sullana, Peru | 34 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1963-11-03 | 6.2 | 98 km E of Gualaquiza, Ecuador | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1975-03-18 | 6.2 | 76 km NNW of Barranca, Peru | 98 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1988-09-15 | 6.2 | 15 km ENE of Puyo, Ecuador | 170 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2018-09-07 | 6.2 | 8 km SE of Alausí, Ecuador | 111 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2019-03-31 | 6.2 | 31 km N of Santa Elena, Ecuador | 18 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1914-09-25 | 6.2 | 20 km WNW of Las Lomas, Peru | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1953-04-01 | 6.2 | 40 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2009-05-10 | 6.1 | off the coast of Ecuador | 6 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1982-08-26 | 6.1 | 25 km NNW of Baláo, Ecuador | 70 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2017-12-03 | 6.1 | 18 km NE of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador | 17 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1967-11-04 | 6.1 | Peru-Ecuador border region | 94 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1935-11-23 | 6.1 | off the coast of Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1927-05-19 | 6.0 | off the coast of Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1940-08-26 | 6.0 | 219 km N of Puerto Ayora, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1955-07-20 | 6.0 | 14 km W of Cotacachi, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2006-05-21 | 6.0 | off the coast of Ecuador | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1987-03-06 | 6.0 | 24 km E of Cayambe, Ecuador | 9 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2011-11-17 | 6.0 | 87 km NW of Salinas, Ecuador | 27 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1928-05-26 | 6.0 | 119 km WNW of Barranca, Peru | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1959-02-16 | 6.0 | 56 km WSW of Manta, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1933-10-03 | 6.0 | 48 km N of Salinas, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1957-02-06 | 5.9 | 196 km N of Puerto Ayora, Ecuador | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1931-07-27 | 5.9 | 224 km N of Puerto Ayora, Ecuador | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1950-10-05 | 5.9 | 51 km WNW of El Alto, Peru | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1999-08-03 | 5.9 | 56 km ENE of Zaruma, Ecuador | 88 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1992-12-26 | 5.9 | 28 km W of Tena, Ecuador | 12 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2005-11-09 | 5.9 | 42 km SSE of Boca Suno, Ecuador | 248 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2000-10-21 | 5.9 | 286 km N of Puerto Ayora, Ecuador | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1983-11-03 | 5.9 | 7 km WSW of Catamayo, Ecuador | 93 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |