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Historic Earthquake
1938 Ecuador Earthquake
10 August 1938 · Alangasi, Sangolqui · Ecuador
On 10 August 1938 at 02:02 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Ecuador (Alangasi, Sangolqui), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the North Andes Plate, 50 km from its boundary with the South American Plate (continental collision).
- Date
- 10 August 1938
- Time
- 02:02 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 10 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Plate
- North Andes Plate
- Country
- Ecuador
- Nearest Volcano
- Chacana (19 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20192019 Ecuador Earthquake · M 7.51 deaths
- 20162016 Ecuador Earthquake · M 7.8663 deaths
- 19791979 Tumaco Earthquake · M 8.1600 deaths
- 19581958 Ecuador-Colombia Earthquake · M 7.6115 deaths
- 1956Ecuador · M 7.3
- 1906Ecuador · M 7.9
- 19061906 Ecuador-Colombia Earthquak · M 8.81,000 deaths
- 1904Ecuador · M 7.7
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth