July 25, 1929 Earthquake: Murco, Ecuador
An earthquake struck Murco, Ecuador on July 25, 1929 at 08:45 UTC, 20 km below the surface.
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
- July 25, 1929
- Time
- 08:45 UTC
- Place
- Murco, Ecuador
- Focal depth
- 20 km (12 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 0.500° S, 78.300° W
- Country
- Ecuador
The toll
- Deaths
- Some (about 51 to 100)
- 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Reference #1127 states that on July 25, at 3 a.m. 45 m., a strong seismic movement caused some material damage in Tambillo and Uyumbicho; in the hamlet of Murco there were some victims. "The deaths caused in that annex are due to the lack of architecture of its poor houses."-Iturralde.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- August 16, 1868, San Pablo, Guayaquil,ibarra, Colombia, Ecuador
- February 4, 1797, Riobamba, Quito, Cuzco, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
- June 20, 1698, Tungurahua,cotopaxi,chimborazo, Ecuador
- August 5, 1949, Tungurahua, Ecuador
- March 6, 1987, Napo Province, Quito, Tulcan, Ecuador
- February 1640, Ecuador
- February 22, 1757, Cotopaxi,tungurahua, Latacunga, Ecuador
- December 14, 1923, Ipiales, Colombia
- January 9, 1936, Colombia
- March 3, 1924, Ecuador
- March 28, 1996, Cotopaxi, Pastaza, Tungurahua, Ambato, Ecuador
- July 30, 1960, Ecuador
- August 11, 1990, Pamasqui, Quito, Ecuador
- August 12, 2014, Quito, Ecuador
- September 22, 1987, Ambato, Latacunga, Riobamba, Ecuador
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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 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 10632.