M4.9 earthquake 53 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador

Magnitude

4.9 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Wed, Oct 4, 1995, 9:45 PM GMT-5

UTC

1995-10-05 02:45:18 UTC

Depth

33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

2.818° S, 77.851° W

Region

Ecuador

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

• Macas, EcuadorPopulation 23,687. Forecast64 kmSSE
• Cuenca, EcuadorPopulation 636,996. Forecast127 kmE
• Guayaquil, EcuadorPopulation 2,723,665. Forecast236 kmESE

After

1. 4.656 km SE of Sucúa, EcuadorThu, Oct 5, 7:04 AM GMT-5 · 11319 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
2. 4.653 km SSE of Sucúa, EcuadorThu, Oct 5, 7:14 PM GMT-5 · 11318 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
3. 4.850 km SE of Sucúa, EcuadorFri, Oct 6, 1:05 PM GMT-5 · 11318 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
4. 4.561 km SE of Sucúa, EcuadorFri, Oct 6, 6:12 PM GMT-5 · 11318 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
5. 4.4Peru-Ecuador border regionFri, Oct 6, 6:16 PM GMT-5 · 11318 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
6. 4.558 km SE of Sucúa, EcuadorSat, Oct 7, 12:53 AM GMT-5 · 11317 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
7. 4.753 km SE of Sucúa, EcuadorSat, Oct 7, 4:15 AM GMT-5 · 11317 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
8. 4.550 km SE of Sucúa, EcuadorSat, Oct 7, 4:58 AM GMT-5 · 11317 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
9. 4.372 km ESE of Sucúa, EcuadorSat, Oct 7, 6:02 AM GMT-5 · 11317 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
10. 4.645 km SE of Sucúa, EcuadorSat, Oct 7, 9:15 AM GMT-5 · 11317 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
11. 4.865 km SE of Sucúa, EcuadorSat, Oct 7, 4:19 PM GMT-5 · 11317 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
12. 5.852 km SE of Sucúa, EcuadorSat, Oct 7, 4:28 PM GMT-5 · 11317 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
13. 4.758 km ESE of Sucúa, EcuadorSat, Oct 7, 4:37 PM GMT-5 · 11317 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
14. 4.368 km ESE of Sucúa, EcuadorSat, Oct 7, 7:01 PM GMT-5 · 11316 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
15. 5.4Peru-Ecuador border regionSun, Oct 8, 5:27 AM GMT-5 · 11316 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
16. 4.446 km SSE of Sucúa, EcuadorSun, Oct 8, 5:39 AM GMT-5 · 11316 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
17. 4.447 km ESE of Sucúa, EcuadorSun, Oct 8, 6:06 AM GMT-5 · 11316 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
18. 4.4Peru-Ecuador border regionTue, Oct 10, 9:49 AM GMT-5 · 11314 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
19. 4.461 km SE of Sucúa, EcuadorWed, Oct 11, 4:52 AM GMT-5 · 11313 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
20. 4.255 km SE of Sucúa, EcuadorSat, Oct 14, 10:46 PM GMT-5 · 11309 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
21. 4.748 km SSE of Sucúa, EcuadorTue, Oct 17, 9:25 PM GMT-5 · 11306 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
22. 4.568 km ESE of Sucúa, EcuadorThu, Oct 19, 3:51 AM GMT-5 · 11305 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
23. 4.660 km SSE of Sucúa, EcuadorThu, Oct 19, 4:13 AM GMT-5 · 11305 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
24. 4.261 km SSE of Sucúa, EcuadorFri, Oct 20, 7:30 AM GMT-5 · 11304 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
25. 4.955 km SE of Sucúa, EcuadorFri, Oct 20, 3:18 PM GMT-5 · 11304 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
26. 5.054 km SSE of Sucúa, EcuadorSat, Oct 21, 10:36 AM GMT-5 · 11303 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
27. 4.856 km SE of Sucúa, EcuadorSun, Oct 22, 7:42 PM GMT-5 · 11301 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
28. 4.264 km SSE of Sucúa, EcuadorSun, Oct 22, 10:46 PM GMT-5 · 11301 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
29. 5.146 km SE of Sucúa, EcuadorSun, Oct 29, 12:28 AM GMT-5 · 11295 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
30. 4.159 km ESE of Sucúa, EcuadorSun, Oct 29, 12:50 AM GMT-5 · 11295 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
31. 5.148 km E of Macas, EcuadorMon, Nov 6, 11:04 PM GMT-5 · 11286 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
32. 5.165 km SE of Sucúa, EcuadorTue, Nov 14, 1:25 AM GMT-5 · 11279 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away

Before

1. 5.343 km SE of Sucúa, EcuadorWed, Oct 4, 8:36 PM GMT-5 · 11319 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
2. 4.367 km SSE of Sucúa, EcuadorWed, Oct 4, 8:13 PM GMT-5 · 11319 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
3. 4.487 km E of Macas, EcuadorWed, Oct 4, 7:17 PM GMT-5 · 11319 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
4. 4.665 km SSE of Sucúa, EcuadorWed, Oct 4, 6:59 PM GMT-5 · 11319 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
5. 4.454 km ESE of Sucúa, EcuadorWed, Oct 4, 5:46 PM GMT-5 · 11320 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
6. 4.6104 km E of Macas, EcuadorWed, Oct 4, 7:56 AM GMT-5 · 11320 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
7. 4.382 km ESE of Macas, EcuadorWed, Oct 4, 7:41 AM GMT-5 · 11320 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
8. 5.345 km ESE of Sucúa, EcuadorWed, Oct 4, 3:38 AM GMT-5 · 11320 days ago · 60 km deep · 21 km away
9. 4.377 km E of Macas, EcuadorWed, Oct 4, 2:23 AM GMT-5 · 11320 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
10. 4.0Peru-Ecuador border regionWed, Oct 4, 1:33 AM GMT-5 · 11320 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
11. 4.557 km SE of Sucúa, EcuadorWed, Oct 4, 1:18 AM GMT-5 · 11320 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
12. 4.1Peru-Ecuador border regionWed, Oct 4, 12:08 AM GMT-5 · 11320 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
13. 3.8Peru-Ecuador border regionTue, Oct 3, 8:14 PM GMT-5 · 11320 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
14. 4.326 km ESE of Sucúa, EcuadorTue, Oct 3, 3:43 PM GMT-5 · 11321 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
15. 4.649 km ESE of Sucúa, EcuadorTue, Oct 3, 3:08 PM GMT-5 · 11321 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
16. 4.474 km E of Macas, EcuadorTue, Oct 3, 1:13 PM GMT-5 · 11321 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
17. 4.775 km SE of Sucúa, EcuadorTue, Oct 3, 1:04 PM GMT-5 · 11321 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
18. 4.955 km SSE of Sucúa, EcuadorTue, Oct 3, 12:01 PM GMT-5 · 11321 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
19. 4.446 km ESE of Sucúa, EcuadorTue, Oct 3, 10:07 AM GMT-5 · 11321 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
20. 4.360 km ESE of Sucúa, EcuadorTue, Oct 3, 9:54 AM GMT-5 · 11321 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00074hd. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:46 AM UTC.