Which ancient wonder, a giant statue, was toppled by an earthquake in 226 BC?

The ancient wonder that was a giant statue toppled by an earthquake in 226 BC was the Colossus of Rhodes.

The Colossus was a monumental bronze statue of Helios, the Greek sun god, erected in the city of Rhodes around 280 BC. Sculptor Chares of Lindos directed its construction. The statue commemorated Rhodes’s successful defence against the siege led by Demetrius I of Macedon, whose abandoned siege equipment helped fund the project.

Ancient descriptions place the statue at about 70 cubits, or roughly 33 meters tall, making it the tallest statue of the ancient world. Popular paintings often show it straddling the harbor entrance, but that image is almost certainly impossible and is not supported by ancient evidence. It likely stood on land near the harbor.

The Colossus stood for only about 54 years before an earthquake struck Rhodes in 226 BC. It broke at the knees and fell, and the Rhodians declined to rebuild it after consulting an oracle. Its enormous remains reportedly lay on the ground for centuries, and the statue remained one of the Seven Wonders even in its ruined state.