February 22, 1757 Earthquake: Cotopaxi,tungurahua, Latacunga, Ecuador

Date

February 22, 1757

Place

Cotopaxi,tungurahua, Latacunga, Ecuador

Magnitude

7

Intensity

9 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

0.900° S, 78.600° W

Country

Ecuador

Deaths

1,000

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 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 · 142 km
• February 4, 1797, Riobamba, Quito, Cuzco, Peru, Colombia, EcuadorM8.3 · 40,000 deaths · 83 km
• June 20, 1698, Tungurahua,cotopaxi,chimborazo, EcuadorM7.7 · 6,500 deaths · 35 km
• August 5, 1949, Tungurahua, EcuadorM6.5 · 6,000 deaths · $7.5 million · 50 km
• February 1640, Ecuador5,000 deaths · 89 km
• March 6, 1987, Napo Province, Quito, Tulcan, EcuadorM7.2 · 5,000 deaths · $1.5 billion · 142 km
• March 3, 1924, EcuadorM6.9 · 40 deaths · 78 km
• March 28, 1996, Cotopaxi, Pastaza, Tungurahua, Ambato, EcuadorM5.9 · 27 deaths · $7 million · 21 km
• July 30, 1960, Ecuador11 deaths · 80 km
• August 18, 1980, W, Guayaquil, EcuadorM5.6 · 8 deaths · $5 million · 196 km
• August 11, 1990, Pamasqui, Quito, EcuadorM4.4 · 4 deaths · 95 km
• August 12, 2014, Quito, EcuadorM5.1 · 3 deaths · 103 km
• September 22, 1987, Ambato, Latacunga, Riobamba, EcuadorM6.2 · 2 deaths · 62 km
• January 31, 2018, Pastaza, EcuadorM5.2 · 1 death · 139 km
• July 14, 2022, Guayas, EcuadorM5.7 · 1 death · 183 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 1345.