Magnitude 8.3 earthquake in Ecuador: Riobamba, Quito, Cuzco; Peru; Colombia · about 40,000 deaths
Natural disaster
1797 Riobamba earthquake
Magnitude 8.3 earthquake in Ecuador: Riobamba, Quito, Cuzco; Peru; Colombia · about 40,000 deaths
- 4 February 1797
- South America
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