March 3, 1924 Earthquake: Ecuador

Date

March 3, 1924

Time

08:01:00 UTC

Place

Ecuador

Magnitude

6.9

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

1.600° S, 78.600° W

Country

Ecuador

Deaths

40

Damage

Limited (under about $1 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.

• February 4, 1797, Riobamba, Quito, Cuzco, Peru, Colombia, EcuadorM8.3 · 40,000 deaths · 9 km
• June 20, 1698, Tungurahua,cotopaxi,chimborazo, EcuadorM7.7 · 6,500 deaths · 46 km
• August 5, 1949, Tungurahua, EcuadorM6.5 · 6,000 deaths · $7.5 million · 52 km
• February 1640, Ecuador5,000 deaths · 11 km
• February 22, 1757, Cotopaxi,tungurahua, Latacunga, EcuadorM7 · 1,000 deaths · 78 km
• March 28, 1996, Cotopaxi, Pastaza, Tungurahua, Ambato, EcuadorM5.9 · 27 deaths · $7 million · 65 km
• March 18, 2023, Tumbes, Azuay, El Oro, Guayas, Peru, EcuadorM6.8 · 15 deaths · 291 houses destroyed · 195 km
• July 30, 1960, Ecuador11 deaths · 46 km
• August 18, 1980, W, Guayaquil, EcuadorM5.6 · 8 deaths · $5 million · 162 km
• August 11, 1990, Pamasqui, Quito, EcuadorM4.4 · 4 deaths · 172 km
• August 12, 2014, Quito, EcuadorM5.1 · 3 deaths · 179 km
• September 22, 1987, Ambato, Latacunga, Riobamba, EcuadorM6.2 · 2 deaths · 92 km
• October 3, 1995, Quito, EcuadorM7 · 2 deaths · 83 houses destroyed · 151 km
• January 31, 2018, Pastaza, EcuadorM5.2 · 1 death · 104 km
• July 14, 2022, Guayas, EcuadorM5.7 · 1 death · 141 km

Significant earthquakes of 1924The 1900sEvery quake the USGS located in 1924Recent 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 3244.