February 24, 1923 Earthquake: Ecuador

Date

February 24, 1923

Time

00:25:00 UTC

Place

Ecuador

Magnitude

6.8 (Ms)

Intensity

9 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

0.400° S, 78.300° W

Country

Ecuador

Deaths

Some (about 51 to 100)

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 · 80 km
• February 4, 1797, Riobamba, Quito, Cuzco, Peru, Colombia, EcuadorM8.3 · 40,000 deaths · 144 km
• June 20, 1698, Tungurahua,cotopaxi,chimborazo, EcuadorM7.7 · 6,500 deaths · 99 km
• August 5, 1949, Tungurahua, EcuadorM6.5 · 6,000 deaths · $7.5 million · 93 km
• March 6, 1987, Napo Province, Quito, Tulcan, EcuadorM7.2 · 5,000 deaths · $1.5 billion · 79 km
• February 1640, Ecuador5,000 deaths · 148 km
• February 22, 1757, Cotopaxi,tungurahua, Latacunga, EcuadorM7 · 1,000 deaths · 65 km
• January 31, 1906, Off Coast, EcuadorM8.8 · 1,000 deaths · 192 km
• December 14, 1923, Ipiales, ColombiaM6.2 · 300 deaths · 153 km
• January 9, 1936, ColombiaM5.6 · 250 deaths · 184 km
• March 3, 1924, EcuadorM6.9 · 40 deaths · 138 km
• March 28, 1996, Cotopaxi, Pastaza, Tungurahua, Ambato, EcuadorM5.9 · 27 deaths · $7 million · 86 km
• July 30, 1960, Ecuador11 deaths · 145 km
• August 7, 1935, Funes, ColombiaM6.1 · 8 deaths · 199 km
• August 11, 1990, Pamasqui, Quito, EcuadorM4.4 · 4 deaths · 41 km

Significant earthquakes of 1923The 1900sEvery quake the USGS located in 1923Recent earthquakes near hereThis day in weather history

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 3214.