M4.7 earthquake 159 km NNW of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 159 km NNW of Esmeraldas, Ecuador on Tue, Dec 18, 1979, 12:34 PM GMT-5 (17:34 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-12-18 17:34:33 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 2.229° N, 80.341° W
- Region
- Ecuador
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1south of Panama · 17080 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.6102 km NW of Tumaco, Colombia · 17078 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.496 km NW of Tumaco, Colombia · 17076 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.7104 km WNW of Salahonda, Colombia · 17075 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2110 km WNW of Tumaco, Colombia · 17025 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 4.5142 km WNW of Tumaco, Colombia · 17081 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.5107 km WNW of Tumaco, Colombia · 17084 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.589 km NNW of Esmeraldas, Ecuador · 17086 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.8107 km WNW of Tumaco, Colombia · 17086 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00014kc. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:31 PM UTC.