July 14, 2022 Earthquake: Guayas, Ecuador
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Guayas, Ecuador on July 14, 2022 at 22:30:11 UTC, 73 km below the surface. It killed 1 person.
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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
- July 14, 2022
- Time
- 22:30:11 UTC
- Place
- Guayas, Ecuador
- Magnitude
- 5.7 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 73 km (45 mi)
- Intensity
- 5 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 2.037° S, 79.790° W
- Country
- Ecuador
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses damaged
- 7
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.
Cañar, Ecuador - CDI: 5; Milagro, Ecuador - CDI: 5; El Triunfo, Ecuador - CDI: 5; Eloy Alfaro, Guayas, Ecuador - CDI: 5; Guayaquil, Ecuador - CDI: 5 (reference #13456)
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
- March 18, 2023, Tumbes, Azuay, El Oro, Guayas, Peru, Ecuador
- July 30, 1960, Ecuador
- August 18, 1980, W, Guayaquil, Ecuador
- December 12, 1953, Peru-Ecuador
- August 4, 1998, Bahia DE Caraquez, Canoa, Ecuador
- January 30, 1943, Guayaquil, Ecuador
- September 28, 1906, Ecuador
- August 29, 1674, Chimborazo,bolivar,quito, 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 10638.