Sources: CNN
Sixty-eight inmates are killed and 25 others injured in a prison riot in Guayaquil, Ecuador. 2021-11-13
The death toll from yesterday's riot between rival gangs at a prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador, increases to 116, making the incident the deadliest prison riot in the country's history. 2021-09-29
A powerful 6.7 magnitude earthquake hits Ecuador near the town of Muisne, one person is killed. 2016-05-18
The death toll from Saturday's earthquake has risen to at least 480 with 1,700 missing. Another 2,500 have been injured. President Rafael Correa states it is the worst disaster in Ecuador in seven decades, and the reconstruction will have a "huge economic impact" on the country. 2016-04-19
Ecuador evacuates several villages around the Cotopaxi volcano ahead of a possible eruption. 2015-08-15
Talks between the foreign ministers of Britain and Ecuador end with no breakthrough over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who remains in the country's London embassy. 2013-06-17
Ecuador issues a volcano alert for Tungurahua covering nearby Tungurahua and Chimborazo provinces. 2012-12-16
Authorities in Ecuador order the evacuation of people from the slopes of the Tungurahua volcano after it begins spewing ash. 2010-12-4
Thousands of people flee the Pacaya volcano in Guatemala and the Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador following eruptions. 2010-05-29