February 7, 1906 Earthquake: Colombia-Ecuador
An earthquake struck Colombia-Ecuador on February 7, 1906. It caused a tsunami.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- February 7, 1906
- Place
- Colombia-Ecuador
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 1.000° N, 81.000° W
- Country
- Ecuador
- Region
- South America
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
February 7, 1906, 1 N, 81 W. Oscillations in sea level resumed on the coast near the Colombia - Ecuador border as a result of the earthquake. (reference #415)
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #415 Soloviev, S.L., and Ch.N. Go (1975). A catalogue of tsunamis on the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean [dates include 1513-1968]. Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Nauka Publishing House, Moscow, 204 p. [Canadian Translation of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences no. 5078, 1984, translation available from Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A OS2, 293 p.]
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- January 31, 1906, Off Coast, Ecuador
- April 16, 2016, Manabi, Esmeraldas, Near West Coast, Ecuador
- January 19, 1958, Colombia-Ecuador
- April 9, 1976, Esmeraldos, Ecuador
- December 19, 2016, Esmeraldas, Ecuador
- August 4, 1998, Bahia DE Caraquez, Canoa, Ecuador
- March 27, 2022, Esmeraldas, Ecuador
- May 18, 2016, Manabi Province, Ecuador
- June 25, 1989, Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, Ecuador
- April 25, 2025, Esmeraldas, Ecuador
- January 16, 1956, Ecuador
More
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Sources
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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 6627.