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Year Month Day Time LAT Long Dep M Tsunami Dead Casualty Damage Remarks
1901 1 7 029U -2.00 -82.00 25 7.8   - -   Ecuador:Esmeraldas 7.2S
1906 1 31 300U 1.00 -80.00 - -   - - mode Ecuador(possibly the same as below)
1906 1 31 1536U 1.00 -81.50 25 8.8 T 1000 - seve Ecuador/Colombia(I=9) D=400/600 8.2S 8.8W
1906 9 28 1524U -2.00 -79.00 150 7.9   - -   Ecuador(overestimated M) 7.3B
1911 9 23 - - - - -   - - some Ecuador:Yaruqui
1912 7 24 1150U -5.62 -80.41 30 8.1   many - seve Peru:Huancabamba,Cajamarca/Ecuador(I=10) 7.0S
1913 2 22 - - - - -   - - some Ecuador:Molleturo,Biblian,Cuenca,Laja
1913 2 24 230U -4.20 -79.40 - 6.1   many - mode Ecuador:Gonzanama
1914 5 31 - -0.20 -78.20 10 5.8   - -   Ecuador:Monte Pullerina(I=10)
1923 2 6 - -0.20 -78.60 - -   7 - some Ecuador:Quito
1923 2 23 1925U -0.50 -78.30 - 6.7   some -   Ecuador
1923 5 16 - - - - -   few - some Ecuador:Alfaro,Quito
1924 3 3 600U -1.60 -78.63 - 5.7   - some   Ecuador(I=7)
1924 3 3 801U -1.60 -78.60 - 6.9   40 - limi Ecuador
1929 7 25 845U -0.41 -78.53 - 6.3 T 8 - limi Ecuador(I=8)
1938 8 9 2101U -0.30 -78.40 - -   - -   Ecuador(possibly the same quake as on 10/8)
1938 8 10 202U -0.31 -78.42 - 7.0   - some   Ecuador:Anangasi,Sangolqui,Tingo-Pichincha(I=9)
1942 5 14 213U -0.70 -81.50 s 7.9   200 - mode Peru/Ecuador(I=9) D=many 7.9S 8.2W
1944 9 15 1420U -0.50 -79.00 - -   0 - seve Ecuador
1946 3 29 726U -0.70 -80.80 - -   - some   Ecuador(I=7)
1949 8 4 1908U -1.40 -78.50 10 6.7   - -   Ecuador:Pelileo(I=10) possibly error of 05/8
1949 8 5 1908U -1.50 -78.25 60 6.8   6000 1000s seve Ecuador:[Pelileo EQ](I=11) D=5050 6.4S
1949 8 10 313U -1.00 -78.00 - -   - - limi Ecuador
1950 6 22 2043U -1.00 -78.50 100 -   2 - limi Ecuador:Saquisili
1950 8 5 1908U -1.50 -78.20 60 6.8   - -   Ecuador(I=11)
1952 11 5 - 52.50 159.50 - - T 0 0 some Russia:[Kamchatka EQ]Chile/Peru/Ecuadorb number of tsunami -12f
1953 12 12 1731U -3.40 -80.60 - 7.8 T 7 20 mode Peru/Ecuador:Tumbes(I=9) 7.4S
1955 5 11 1104U - -78.00 - 6.8   - some   Ecuador(I=8)
1955 7 20 2100U 0.20 -78.40 - 6.0   - some some Ecuador:Cotacachi(I=7)
1956 1 16 2337U -0.50 -80.50 - 7.3   - some mode Ecuador:Guayaquil,Portoviejo(I=9) 6.9S
1956 3 22 633U -3.50 -79.00 - 6.5   - some   Ecuador(I=7)
1958 1 19 1407U 1.37 -79.34 60 7.8 T 20 many mode Ecuador:Esmeraldas/Colombia(I=9) 7.3S
1958 2 1 1409U 2.00 -79.00 - -   22 - seve Ecuador:Esmeraldas aftershock(M6.9 at 1610U)
1958 2 1 1802U 1.76 -79.16 - 6.5   - some   Ecuador/Colombia aftershock(I=8)(also at 2045U)
1958 4 14 2132U 1.00 -79.50 - 6.8   3 12 limi Ecuador aftershock D=1 H=12
1958 5 25 2111U -3.12 -78.00 20 6.5   - some   Ecuador(I=7)
1960 7 30 204U -1.50 -79.00 21 5.8   11 - limi Ecuador:Ambato(I=7) D=1
1961 4 8 422U -2.20 -79.20 - -   0 sev limi Ecuador:S. Chimborazo Prov.
1962 11 16 639U -1.00 -78.60 33 6.3   - some   Ecuador(I=8)
1964 10 25 2256U -2.07 -78.80 18 5.2   - some   Ecuador(I=7)
1969 12 17 713U -0.77 -78.34 27 4.2   - - seve Ecuador:Sasquisili,Pujili,Latacunga
1970 12 10 434U -3.97 -80.66 15 7.6   81 many cons Peru/Ecuador(I=10) D=52 H=430 7.4S
1971 7 27 202U -2.79 -77.35 88 7.5   1 some mode Ecuador/Peru:Guayaquil(I=7) 7.3B
1976 4 9 708U 0.85 -79.63 19 6.7   8 46 some Ecuador:Esmeraldas(I=8) D=10
1976 10 6 912U -0.76 -78.75 33 5.7   9 some some Ecuador:Patocalle(I=9)
1976 11 29 2320U -0.53 -78.60 - 5.0   - some insi Ecuador(I=7)
1980 8 18 1507U -1.95 -80.02 55 5.6   8 50 cons Ecuador:Guayaquil H=100 5.9W
1987 3 6 154U 0.05 -77.65 14 6.1   - - DY Ecuador-Colombia border(foreshock ) 6.4W
1987 3 6 410U 0.15 -77.82 10 6.9   5000 - extr Ecuador/Colombia:Quito,Tulcan,Riobamba D=1thousand 7.1W
1987 9 22 1343U -0.98 -78.05 10 6.2   2 12 limi Ecuador:Ambato,Latacunga 6.3W
1987 9 22 1621U -1.08 -78.13 10 5.6   0 0 insi Ecuador:Ambato,Latacunga 6.0W
1989 6 25 2037U 1.13 -79.62 15 6.1   0 30 limi Ecuador:Esmeraldas 6.3W
1990 8 11 259U -0.06 -78.45 5 4.4   4 10 mode Ecuador:Pamasqui 5.3W
1995 10 3 151U -2.75 -77.88 24 7.0   2 5 limi Ecuador:Macus 7.0W
1996 3 28 2303U -1.04 78.74 33 5.2   27 100 cons Ecuador:Cotopaxi,Pastaza Prov. D=23 H=468 5.9W
1996 8 25 1409U -1.08 -78.67 51 4.2   0 2 insi Ecuador:Ambato
1998 8 4 1859U -0.59 -80.39 33 7.1   3 40 some Ecuador:Bahia de Caraquez,Canoa 7.2W
2000 9 20 837U -1.89 -80.46 33 4.8   1 0 limi Ecuador:Manabi Province 5.5W
2000 9 28 2323U -0.22 -80.58 23 6.0   0 0 insi Ecuador:Chone, Quito 6.4W
2010 8 12 1154U -1.27 -77.31 207 6.4   0 0 insi Ecuador:Manta, Guayaquil and Loja 7.1W

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