- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- August 16, 1868 CE
- Location:
- Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ibarra, Colombia: San Pablo
- Magnitude:
- 7.7 Ms
- Depth:
- 20 km
- Deaths:
- 70,000
- Intensity (MMI):
- 10
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.7
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 8
Other earthquake records of 1868 CE
- Chile, Arica · Ms 8.5 · 25,000 deaths
- Hawaii, Se Of · Mfa 7.9 · 77 deaths
- California, Hayward, San Francisco · ML 6.8 · 30 deaths
- Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Kazakhstan: Turkestan · M 6.5
- Mexico, San Jose De Iturbide, Puebla, Veracruz
- Turkey, Erzurum · M 6.7
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1868 CE Earthquake — Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ibarra, Colombia: San Pablo happen?
- August 16, 1868 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
- How many people died?
- Recorded estimate: 70,000. Historical death tolls vary by source.