July 30, 1960 Earthquake: Ecuador

Date

July 30, 1960

Time

02:04:00 UTC

Place

Ecuador

Focal depth

21 km (13 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

1.500° S, 79.000° W

Country

Ecuador

Deaths

11

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 · 40 km
• June 20, 1698, Tungurahua,cotopaxi,chimborazo, EcuadorM7.7 · 6,500 deaths · 47 km
• August 5, 1949, Tungurahua, EcuadorM6.5 · 6,000 deaths · $7.5 million · 83 km
• February 1640, Ecuador5,000 deaths · 50 km
• February 22, 1757, Cotopaxi,tungurahua, Latacunga, EcuadorM7 · 1,000 deaths · 80 km
• March 3, 1924, EcuadorM6.9 · 40 deaths · 46 km
• March 28, 1996, Cotopaxi, Pastaza, Tungurahua, Ambato, EcuadorM5.9 · 27 deaths · $7 million · 59 km
• March 18, 2023, Tumbes, Azuay, El Oro, Guayas, Peru, EcuadorM6.8 · 15 deaths · 291 houses destroyed · 176 km
• August 18, 1980, W, Guayaquil, EcuadorM5.6 · 8 deaths · $5 million · 124 km
• August 11, 1990, Pamasqui, Quito, EcuadorM4.4 · 4 deaths · 172 km
• August 12, 2014, Quito, EcuadorM5.1 · 3 deaths · 181 km
• August 4, 1998, Bahia DE Caraquez, Canoa, EcuadorM7.2 · 3 deaths · 185 km
• September 22, 1987, Ambato, Latacunga, Riobamba, EcuadorM6.2 · 2 deaths · 121 km
• October 3, 1995, Quito, EcuadorM7 · 2 deaths · 83 houses destroyed · 186 km
• July 14, 2022, Guayas, EcuadorM5.7 · 1 death · 106 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 4229.