M4.6 earthquake 104 km E of Macas, Ecuador
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 104 km E of Macas, Ecuador on Wed, Oct 4, 1995, 7:56 AM GMT-5 (12:56 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 43 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1995-10-04 12:56:37 UTC
- Depth
- 20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 2.403° S, 77.180° 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 1.6 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.454 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11312 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.665 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11312 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.487 km E of Macas, Ecuador · 11312 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.343 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11312 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.953 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11312 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.656 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11311 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.850 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11310 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.561 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11310 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.4Peru-Ecuador border region · 11310 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.558 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11310 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.753 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11310 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.550 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11309 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.372 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11309 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.645 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11309 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.865 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11309 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.852 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11309 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.758 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11309 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.368 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11309 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.4Peru-Ecuador border region · 11308 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.447 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11308 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.4Peru-Ecuador border region · 11306 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.461 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11305 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.255 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11302 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.748 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11299 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.568 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11298 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.660 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11298 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.955 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11296 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.054 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11295 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.856 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11294 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.146 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11288 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.159 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11288 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.148 km E of Macas, Ecuador · 11279 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.485 km E of Palora, Ecuador · 11277 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.165 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11272 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 4.382 km ESE of Macas, Ecuador · 11312 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.345 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11313 days ago · 60 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.377 km E of Macas, Ecuador · 11313 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.0Peru-Ecuador border region · 11313 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.557 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11313 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.1Peru-Ecuador border region · 11313 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.8Peru-Ecuador border region · 11313 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.326 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11313 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.649 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11313 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.474 km E of Macas, Ecuador · 11313 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.775 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11313 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.955 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11313 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.446 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11313 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.360 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11313 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.760 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11313 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.241 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11313 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.253 km ESE of Macas, Ecuador · 11313 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.564 km ESE of Macas, Ecuador · 11313 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.479 km ESE of Macas, Ecuador · 11313 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 6.550 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11313 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00074ga. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 9:22 PM UTC.