August 7, 1590 Earthquake: Quito, Ecuador

Date

August 7, 1590

Place

Quito, Ecuador

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

0.500° S, 78.200° W

Country

Ecuador

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• August 16, 1868, San Pablo, Guayaquil,ibarra, Colombia, EcuadorM7.7 · 70,000 deaths · 90 km
• February 4, 1797, Riobamba, Quito, Cuzco, Peru, Colombia, EcuadorM8.3 · 40,000 deaths · 137 km
• June 20, 1698, Tungurahua,cotopaxi,chimborazo, EcuadorM7.7 · 6,500 deaths · 96 km
• August 5, 1949, Tungurahua, EcuadorM6.5 · 6,000 deaths · $7.5 million · 83 km
• March 6, 1987, Napo Province, Quito, Tulcan, EcuadorM7.2 · 5,000 deaths · $1.5 billion · 80 km
• February 1640, Ecuador5,000 deaths · 141 km
• February 22, 1757, Cotopaxi,tungurahua, Latacunga, EcuadorM7 · 1,000 deaths · 63 km
• December 14, 1923, Ipiales, ColombiaM6.2 · 300 deaths · 159 km
• January 9, 1936, ColombiaM5.6 · 250 deaths · 190 km
• March 3, 1924, EcuadorM6.9 · 40 deaths · 130 km
• March 28, 1996, Cotopaxi, Pastaza, Tungurahua, Ambato, EcuadorM5.9 · 27 deaths · $7 million · 84 km
• July 30, 1960, Ecuador11 deaths · 142 km
• August 11, 1990, Pamasqui, Quito, EcuadorM4.4 · 4 deaths · 56 km
• August 12, 2014, Quito, EcuadorM5.1 · 3 deaths · 55 km
• September 22, 1987, Ambato, Latacunga, Riobamba, EcuadorM6.2 · 2 deaths · 56 km

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Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 798.