What the records say
- When
- 31 Jan 1906
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 0.95° N, 79.37° W
- Deaths
- 1000
- Max water height m
- 5
- Source quake magnitude
- 8.8
- Runups
- 59
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake
Offshore earthquake west of Ecuador and Colombia in January 1906
The 1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake occurred at 10:36:10 (UTC+5) on Wednesday, January 31, 1906, off the coast of Ecuador, near Esmeraldas. The earthquake had a moment magnitude of 8.8 and triggered a destructive tsunami that caused at least 500 casualties on the coast of Colombia.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page