M4.0 earthquake Peru-Ecuador border region
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck in the Peru-Ecuador border region on Wed, Oct 4, 1995, 1:33 AM GMT-5 (06:33 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 77 km E of Macas, Ecuador. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1995-10-04 06:33:49 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 2.923° S, 77.853° 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 1.5 and up: 42 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.377 km E of Macas, Ecuador · 11311 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.345 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11311 days ago · 60 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.382 km ESE of Macas, Ecuador · 11311 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.6104 km E of Macas, Ecuador · 11311 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.454 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11311 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.665 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11311 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.487 km E of Macas, Ecuador · 11311 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.367 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11310 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.343 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11310 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.953 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11310 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.656 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11310 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.653 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11310 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.850 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11309 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.561 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11309 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.4Peru-Ecuador border region · 11309 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.558 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11308 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.753 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11308 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.550 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11308 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.372 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11308 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.645 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11308 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.865 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11308 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.852 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11308 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.758 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11308 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.368 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11308 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.4Peru-Ecuador border region · 11307 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.446 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11307 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.447 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11307 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.4Peru-Ecuador border region · 11305 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.461 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11304 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.255 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11300 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.748 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11297 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.568 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11296 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.660 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11296 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.261 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11295 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.955 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11295 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.054 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11294 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.856 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11293 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.264 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11292 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.146 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11286 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.159 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11286 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.148 km E of Macas, Ecuador · 11277 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.165 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11270 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
Before
- 4.557 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11311 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.1Peru-Ecuador border region · 11311 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.8Peru-Ecuador border region · 11311 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.326 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11312 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.649 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11312 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.474 km E of Macas, Ecuador · 11312 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.775 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11312 days ago · 46 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.955 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11312 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.446 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11312 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.360 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11312 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.760 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11312 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.241 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11312 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.253 km ESE of Macas, Ecuador · 11312 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.564 km ESE of Macas, Ecuador · 11312 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.479 km ESE of Macas, Ecuador · 11312 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 6.550 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11312 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.949 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11312 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.654 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11312 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.754 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11312 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.763 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11312 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00074fd. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC.