Sources: CNN
One person is killed by a magnitude 5.7 earthquake in Ecuador. 2022-07-14
Pope Francis accepts the resignations of Ecuadorian Bishop Julio Parrilla Díaz and Monsignor Gerardo Miguel Nieves Loja of the Diocese of Riobamba after reports of poor governance, financial mismanagement and moral failings. 2021-04-28
After an emergency summit, eleven nations of Latin America (including Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru) announce that they will all admit Venezuelan migrants without the required travel documents. 2018-09-5
The National Liberation Army releases former congressman Odin Sanchez, who had been held hostage by the rebel group since April 2016, paving the way for peace talks to begin between the rebels and the Colombian government next week in Ecuador. 2017-02-2
Heavy rain pelts earthquake-hit Ecuador causing floods, mostly in the town of Alluriquin in the Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province, killing at least four people and injuring several more. About 300 people have been affected by the floods after a local river burst its banks, engulfing the town with water. 2016-04-27
People in Ecuador start burying their dead as the death toll from the earthquake passes 500. 2016-04-20
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