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Historic Earthquake
1901 Ecuador Earthquake
7 January 1901 · Esmeraldas · Ecuador
On 7 January 1901 at 00:29 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Ecuador (Esmeraldas), at a depth of 25 km. It occurred on the Nazca Plate, 48 km from its boundary with the North Andes Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 7 January 1901
- Time
- 00:29 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Depth
- 25 km
- Plate
- Nazca Plate
- Country
- Ecuador
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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- 19981998 Bahía de Caráquez Earthquake · M 7.23 deaths
- 19701970 Peru-Ecuador Earthquake · M 7.682 deaths
- 1959Peru · M 7.4
- 1956Ecuador · M 7.3
- 19531953 Tumbes Earthquake · M 7.46 deaths
- 1942Guayaquil · M 7.9200 deaths
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth