June 25, 1989 Earthquake: Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, Ecuador
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, Ecuador on June 25, 1989 at 20:37:32 UTC, 15 km below the surface.
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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
- June 25, 1989
- Time
- 20:37:32 UTC
- Place
- Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Magnitude
- 6.1 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 15 km (9 mi)
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 1.134° N, 79.616° W
- Country
- Ecuador
The toll
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- August 16, 1868, San Pablo, Guayaquil,ibarra, Colombia, Ecuador
- January 31, 1906, Off Coast, Ecuador
- April 16, 2016, Manabi, Esmeraldas, Near West Coast, Ecuador
- December 12, 1979, Off Shore, Pacific Ocean, Colombia
- January 19, 1958, Colombia-Ecuador
- April 9, 1976, Esmeraldos, Ecuador
- August 11, 1990, Pamasqui, Quito, Ecuador
- December 19, 2016, Esmeraldas, Ecuador
- August 12, 2014, Quito, Ecuador
- March 27, 2022, Esmeraldas, Ecuador
- May 18, 2016, Manabi Province, Ecuador
- April 25, 2025, Esmeraldas, Ecuador
- February 1, 1958, Colombia-Ecuador
- February 7, 1906, Colombia-Ecuador
- July 20, 1955, Colombia-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 5202.