136 notable events in Ecuador — earthquakes, massacres and murders. Page 1 of 2.
- Ecuadorian conflict (2024–present)
Jan 9, 2024–Jul 20, 2025 · War & armed conflict
- Juan Fernando Hermosa
Jan 1, 1991–Jan 1, 1992 · Murder & homicide
- 2016 Ecuador earthquake
Apr 16, 2016 · Earthquake
- Operation Auca
Sep 1955–Jan 8, 1956 · Massacre
- Galápagos affair
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Ecuadorian security crisis
from 2020 · Crisis
- 1998–1999 Ecuador economic crisis
1998–1999 · Crisis
- 2024 raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito
Apr 5, 2024 · Crime & justice
- 1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake
Jan 31, 1906 · Earthquake
- SAETA Flight 011 (1976)
Aug 15, 1976 · Aviation accident
- Insurgency in Ecuador
from Jun 1, 1993 · War & armed conflict
- Cubana de Aviación Flight 389
Aug 29, 1998 · Aviation accident
- 2000 Ecuadorian coup d'état
Jan 22, 2000 · War & armed conflict
- TAME Flight 173
Jul 11, 1983 · Aviation accident
- Assassination of Fernando Villavicencio
Aug 9, 2023 · Murder & homicide
- Restrepo case
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Muerte cruzada
date unknown · Death & funeral
- 2019 Ecuadorian protests
Oct 3, 2019–Oct 14, 2019 · Riot & unrest
- 1979 Tumaco earthquake
Dec 12, 1979 · Earthquake
- Encuentro case
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Ecuadorian Revolution of 1944
May 28, 1944 · War & armed conflict
- 2010 Ecuadorian crisis
Sep 30, 2010 · Crisis
- 1949 Ambato earthquake
Aug 5, 1949 · Earthquake
- Murder of María Belén Bernal
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Millon Air Flight 406
Oct 22, 1996 · Aviation accident
- September 2021 Guayaquil prison riot
Sep 28, 2021 · Massacre
- 2022 Ecuadorian protests
Jun 13, 2022–Jun 30, 2022 · Riot & unrest
- Las Malvinas case
Dec 8, 2024–Dec 22, 2025 · Murder & homicide
- February 2021 Ecuadorian prison riots
Feb 23, 2021 · Massacre
- Background to the Ecuadorian security crisis
Jan 27, 2018 · War & armed conflict
- Iberia Flight 6463
Nov 9, 2007 · Aviation accident
- Aeroservicios Ecuatorianos Flight 767-103
Sep 18, 1984 · Aviation accident
- Jewish orphans controversy
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Ecuadorian Revolution of 2005
Apr 20, 2005 · Riot & unrest
- Massacre of workers of November 15, 1922
Nov 15, 1922 · Massacre
- Quito Ultratumba nightclub fire
Apr 19, 2008 · Fire
- Assassination of Eloy Alfaro
Jan 28, 1912 · Massacre
- 1987 Ecuador earthquakes
Mar 6, 1987 · Earthquake
- 2009 Ecuador electricity crisis
date unknown · Crisis
- 2008 Conviasa Boeing 737 crash
Aug 30, 2008 · Aviation accident
- 2023 Ecuadorian political crisis
May 17, 2023–May 24, 2023 · Crisis
- El Carnavalazo
Feb 15, 1972 · War & armed conflict
- Death of Emilia Benavides
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Metástasis case
date unknown
- 1969 student mobilization in Ecuador
May 29, 1969 · Massacre
- Purga Case
Mar 4, 2024 · Crime & justice
- Aztra massacre
Oct 18, 1977 · Massacre
- 1963 Ecuadorian coup d'état
Jul 11, 1963 · War & armed conflict
- November 2021 Guayaquil prison riot
Nov 12, 2021–Nov 13, 2021 · Massacre
- Rumrich spy case
date unknown · Crime & justice
- 1922 Guayaquil general strike
Nov 15, 1922 · Massacre
- Goleada case
date unknown
- La Josefina disaster
Mar 29, 1993 · Disaster
- Nambija mine disaster
May 9, 1993 · Industrial & structural disaster
- 1797 Riobamba earthquake
Feb 4, 1797 · Earthquake
- Petroecuador case
date unknown
- Jairo Humberto Giraldo
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Quito Revolt of 1765
May 22, 1765–Sep 1, 1766 · Riot & unrest
- SAETA Flight 011 (1979)
Apr 23, 1979 · Aviation accident
- 2023 Guayas earthquake
Mar 18, 2023 · Earthquake
- 1868 Ecuador earthquakes
Aug 16, 1868 · Earthquake
- Battle of Cruces
Nov 22, 1828–Nov 24, 1828 · War & armed conflict
- 2016 Ecuadorian Army Arava crash
Mar 15, 2016 · Aviation accident
- 2007 Ecuadorian legislative crisis
date unknown · Crisis
- MV Jessica
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Riot of August 2
Aug 2, 1810 · Massacre
- El Guabo massacre
Dec 1, 2024 · Shooting
- Gonzáles and Others case
date unknown · Disappearance
- Nazi persecution of people with disabilities
Jan 1, 1933–Jan 1, 1945 · War & armed conflict
- Las Torres case
date unknown
- 1975 Ecuadorian coup attempt
Aug 31, 1975–Sep 1, 1975 · War & armed conflict
- 1996–1997 Ecuadorian political crisis
Dec 1, 1996–Feb 12, 1997 · Crisis
- 1827 Guayaquil uprising
Oct 1, 1827 · War & armed conflict
- 1942 Ecuador earthquake
May 13, 1942 · Earthquake
- 1998 Bahía de Caráquez earthquake
Aug 4, 1998 · Earthquake
- 2022 Ecuador prison riots
date unknown · Riot & unrest
- Revolution of the Chihuahuas
from Oct 13, 1833 · War & armed conflict
- Oil disaster in the northern Amazon lowlands of Ecuador
date unknown · Industrial & structural disaster
- 1959 Guayaquil massacre
Jun 3, 1959 · Massacre
- Satya case
Jun 8, 2017 · Crime & justice
- Assassination of Omar Menéndez
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Sarayaku v. Ecuador
Jun 27, 2012 · Crime & justice
- Big Money case
date unknown · Crime & justice
- Assassination of congressman Jaime Hurtado
Feb 17, 1999 · Murder & homicide
- Balda case
Mar 12, 2009 · Crime & justice
- 2014 Ecuador earthquake
Aug 12, 2014 · Earthquake
- 2018 attacks on the northern border of Ecuador
Jan 27, 2018–Jul 4, 2018 · Terrorism
- 1958 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake
Jan 19, 1958 · Earthquake
- Ten of Luluncoto Case
from Mar 4, 2011 · Crime & justice
- 1982 Aerocondor DHC-4 Caribou accident
Sep 1, 1982 · Aviation accident
- Cofiec case
date unknown
- 1698 Ambato earthquake
Jun 20, 1698 · Earthquake
- Sinking of Jambelí
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- El Universo case
Mar 21, 2011
- 2010 Ecuador earthquake
from Aug 12, 2010 · Earthquake
- November 2024 Guayaquil prison riot
Nov 12, 2024 · Riot & unrest
- TAME Flight 148
Sep 16, 2011 · Aviation accident
- Leito indigenous massacre
Sep 13, 1923 · Massacre
- Porsche case
date unknown
- Murder of Wendy Calle
Nov 11, 1989 · Murder & homicide