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Historic Earthquake
1956 Ecuador Earthquake
16 January 1956 · Ecuador
On 16 January 1956 at 23:37 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Ecuador. It occurred on the North Andes Plate, 85 km from its boundary with the Nazca Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 16 January 1956
- Time
- 23:37 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Plate
- North Andes Plate
- Country
- Ecuador
- Nearest Volcano
- Quilotoa (182 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20162016 Ecuador Earthquake · M 7.8663 deaths
- 19791979 Tumaco Earthquake · M 8.1600 deaths
- 19581958 Ecuador-Colombia Earthquake · M 7.6115 deaths
- 1942Guayaquil · M 7.9200 deaths
- 1906Ecuador · M 7.9
- 19061906 Ecuador-Colombia Earthquak · M 8.81,000 deaths
- 1904Ecuador · M 7.7
- 1901Esmeraldas · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth