M4.2 earthquake 61 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 61 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador on Fri, Oct 20, 1995, 7:30 AM GMT-5 (12:30 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 55 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1995-10-20 12:30:11 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 2.965° S, 77.945° 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.955 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11295 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.054 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11294 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.856 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11293 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.264 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11293 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.146 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11286 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.159 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11286 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.148 km E of Macas, Ecuador · 11278 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.165 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11270 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
Before
- 4.660 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11296 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.568 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11296 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.748 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11298 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.255 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11301 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.461 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11304 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.4Peru-Ecuador border region · 11305 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.447 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11307 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.446 km SSE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11307 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.4Peru-Ecuador border region · 11307 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.368 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11308 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.758 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11308 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.852 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11308 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.865 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11308 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.645 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11308 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.372 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11308 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.550 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11308 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.753 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11308 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.558 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11308 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.4Peru-Ecuador border region · 11309 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.561 km SE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 11309 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00075fs. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:04 PM UTC.