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Historic Earthquake
1998 Bahía de Caráquez Earthquake
4 August 1998 · Bahia de Caraquez, Canoa · Ecuador
On 4 August 1998 at 18:59 UTC, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Ecuador (Bahia de Caraquez, Canoa), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the North Andes Plate, 99 km from its boundary with the Nazca Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 3 people and injured 40.
- Date
- 4 August 1998
- Time
- 18:59 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Depth
- 33 km
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 40
- Plate
- North Andes Plate
- Country
- Ecuador
- Nearest Volcano
- Quilotoa (168 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