M4.8 earthquake 24 km SSW of Palora, Ecuador
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 24 km SSW of Palora, Ecuador on Wed, Sep 3, 1980, 1:48 PM GMT-5 (18:48 UTC), 154 km (96 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
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-09-03 18:48:36 UTC
- Depth
- 154.0 km (95.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.904° S, 78.054° 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
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Stations used
- 68
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00019p0. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:24 AM UTC.