November 16, 2007 Earthquake: Guayaquil, Peru-Ecuador
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Guayaquil, Peru-Ecuador on November 16, 2007 at 03:13:00 UTC, 123 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
- November 16, 2007
- Time
- 03:13:00 UTC
- Place
- Guayaquil, Peru-Ecuador
- Magnitude
- 6.8 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 123 km (76 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 2.312° S, 77.838° W
- Country
- Ecuador
The toll
- 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Minor damage at Guayaquil, Ecuador. Felt
(IV) at Cuenca, Guayaquil, Loja, Macas, Manta and
Puyo; (III) at Quito, Ecuador. Felt (IV) at Santa
Maria de Nieva, Peru. Felt at Ambato, Bahia de
Caraquez, Gualaceo, Jaramijo, La Libertad, Latacunga,
Machala, Milagro, Morona, Portoviejo, Riobamba,
Samborondon and Tena, Ecuador. Felt at Iquitos, Jaen,
Lima, Moyobamba, Paita, Piura, San Ignacio, Trujillo
and Tumbes, Peru. Felt strongly in much of Ecuador and
northern Peru. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- February 4, 1797, Riobamba, Quito, Cuzco, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
- June 20, 1698, Tungurahua,cotopaxi,chimborazo, Ecuador
- August 5, 1949, Tungurahua, Ecuador
- February 1640, Ecuador
- February 22, 1757, Cotopaxi,tungurahua, Latacunga, Ecuador
- March 3, 1924, Ecuador
- March 28, 1996, Cotopaxi, Pastaza, Tungurahua, Ambato, Ecuador
- July 30, 1960, Ecuador
- October 3, 1995, Quito, Ecuador
- September 22, 1987, Ambato, Latacunga, Riobamba, Ecuador
- July 27, 1971, Guayaquil, Peru-Ecuador
- January 31, 2018, Pastaza, Ecuador
- February 22, 2019, Azuay, Manabi, Morona Sant., Peru, Ecuador
- August 5, 1950, Ecuador
- February 19, 1645, 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 7702.