Earthquake — Ecuador: Riobamba, Quito, Cuzco; Peru; Colombia

When

4 Feb 1797

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

8.3

Where

Ecuador

Coordinates

1.64° S, 78.67° W

Deaths

40000

Intensity mmi

11

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Riobamba earthquake in Ecuador, estimated magnitude 8.3, causes up to 40,000 casualties”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un terremoto de 8,3 destruye la ciudad de Riobamba, en Ecuador, dejando un saldo de 40.000 personas muertas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page