What the records say
- When
- 19 Jan 1958
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 1.50° N, 79.50° W
- Deaths
- 115
- Injuries
- 46
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.6
- Runups
- 3
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1958 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake
Earthquake in South America
The 1958 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake struck the coastal regions of Ecuador and Colombia on January 19 with a surface-wave magnitude of 7.6 at 9:07 local time. Approximately 30 percent of Esmeraldas (Ecuador) was destroyed, including the children's department of the hospital, where three children died. At least 111 persons died and 45 were injured as a result of the earthquake.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page