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Historic Earthquake
1976 Ecuador Earthquake
9 April 1976 · Esmeraldos · Ecuador
On 9 April 1976 at 07:08 UTC, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Ecuador (Esmeraldos), at a depth of 9 km. It occurred on the North Andes Plate, 92 km from its boundary with the Nazca Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 10 people.
- Date
- 9 April 1976
- Time
- 07:08 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.7
- Depth
- 9 km
- Deaths
- 10
- Estimated Damage
- 4 million US dollars
- Plate
- North Andes Plate
- Country
- Ecuador
- Nearest Volcano
- Pululahua (167 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20162016 Ecuador Earthquake · M 7.8663 deaths
- 1987Napo Province, Quito · M 7.25,000 deaths
- 19791979 Tumaco Earthquake · M 8.1600 deaths
- 19581958 Ecuador-Colombia Earthquake · M 7.6115 deaths
- 1956Ecuador · M 7.3
- 1942Guayaquil · M 7.9200 deaths
- 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