M4.8 earthquake 33 km SE of Cayambe, Ecuador
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 33 km SE of Cayambe, Ecuador on Mon, Mar 9, 1987, 8:35 PM GMT-5 (01:35 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-03-10 01:35:28 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.187° S, 77.948° 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
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.740 km SSE of Cayambe, Ecuador · 14441 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.757 km SE of Cayambe, Ecuador · 14441 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.343 km ESE of Cayambe, Ecuador · 14435 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.744 km ESE of Cayambe, Ecuador · 14427 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
Before
- 4.770 km WNW of Puerto Francisco de Orellana, Ecuador · 14444 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.355 km ESE of Cayambe, Ecuador · 14444 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.741 km W of Nueva Loja, Ecuador · 14445 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.968 km ESE of Cayambe, Ecuador · 14445 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
- 6.024 km E of Cayambe, Ecuador · 14445 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.258 km E of Cayambe, Ecuador · 14445 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.567 km ESE of Cayambe, Ecuador · 14445 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 7.229 km SSE of Pimampiro, Ecuador · 14445 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 6.449 km SE of Pimampiro, Ecuador · 14445 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0003358. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:30 AM UTC.