Province
Esmeraldas
Ecuador · South America
Esmeraldas is a province of Ecuador, in South America. It lies on the North Andes Plate. Records include 3 major earthquakes since 1900.
Tectonic Plates
Hazard Levels
Hazard level assessed by ThinkHazard! (World Bank, GFDRR), meaning the likelihood of a damaging event, from very low to high.
- River FloodHigh
- Urban FloodHigh
- Coastal FloodHigh
- EarthquakeHigh
- LandslideHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- VolcanoHigh
- WildfireHigh
- Extreme HeatMedium
- CycloneVery Low
- Water ScarcityVery Low
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 20162016 Ecuador Earthquake · M 7.8663 deaths
- 1976Esmeraldos · M 6.710 deaths
- 19061906 Ecuador-Colombia Earthquak · M 8.81,000 deaths
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002