The 1958 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake struck the coastal regions of Ecuador and Colombia on January 19 with a surface-wave magnitude of 7.6 at 9:07 local time.

According to press reports, a landslide from the slopes of the Andes at Panado village buried a hundred people.

The earthquake was destructive in the cities on the northern coast of the country and was strong from Latacunga to Quito, Ibarra and Tulcán.

Pile wooden homes rocked so strongly in a north–south direction, that 8 cm gaps appeared in the ground at the foundations.

The telegraph link between Tumaco and La Espriella was out of commission for 24 hours because of fallen posts.

[1] The earthquake was strong at Pasto, Ipiales, Imuesa, Tuquerres and Sapuyas; it lasted about 40 minutes, but did not cause material damage.

[1] Many recurrent shocks were felt at the epicentral zone; the two strongest occurred on January 19 at 9:45 and on February 1.

[1] Gómez Tapias, Jorge; Montes Ramírez, Nohora E.; Almanza Meléndez, María F.; Alcárcel Gutiérrez, Fernando A.; Madrid Montoya, César A.; Diederix, Hans (2015).