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Historic Earthquake
1987 Ecuador Earthquake
6 March 1987 · Napo Province, Quito · Ecuador
On 6 March 1987 at 04:10 UTC, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Ecuador (Napo Province, Quito), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the South American Plate, 26 km from its boundary with the North Andes Plate (continental collision). It killed at least 5,000 people. It is the 57th deadliest of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 6 March 1987
- Time
- 04:10 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Depth
- 10 km
- Deaths
- 5,000
- Estimated Damage
- 1.5 billion US dollars
- Plate
- South American Plate
- Country
- Ecuador
- Nearest Volcano
- Reventador (23 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
- 20102010 Ecuador Earthquake · M 7.1
- 19981998 Bahía de Caráquez Earthquake · M 7.23 deaths
- 19791979 Tumaco Earthquake · M 8.1600 deaths
- 19581958 Ecuador-Colombia Earthquake · M 7.6115 deaths
- 1906Ecuador · M 7.9
- 19061906 Ecuador-Colombia Earthquak · M 8.81,000 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth