M4.3 earthquake Ecuador
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in Ecuador on Sun, Sep 14, 1980, 6:41 PM GMT-5 (23:41 UTC), 167 km (104 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 37 km ENE of Puyo, Ecuador. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-09-14 23:41:58 UTC
- Depth
- 167.0 km (103.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.831° S, 78.048° 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.
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00019tt. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:18 PM UTC.