Ecuador earthquakes

M6.8 earthquake 30 km E of Macas, Ecuador

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck 30 km E of Macas, Ecuador on Thu, Nov 15, 2007, 10:13 PM GMT-5 (03:13 UTC), 123 km (76 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
6.8 (mwc), strong
Local time
UTC
2007-11-16 03:13:00 UTC
Depth
122.9 km (76.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
2.312° S, 77.838° W
Region
Ecuador
Felt reports
114
Strongest shaking
VI, strong shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
VI, strong shaking
Peak ground acceleration
11.8% of gravity
Peak ground velocity
1.8 cm/s
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

114 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VII, very strong shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Normal
Moment magnitude
6.8 Mww
Nodal plane 1
Strike 307°, dip 72°, rake 246°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 181°, dip 28°, rake -39°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from
CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Station coverage gap
27°
Stations used
649

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.544 km E of Puyo, Ecuador · 6868 days ago · 189 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 4.231 km N of Macas, Ecuador · 6868 days ago · 143 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 4.546 km ENE of Palora, Ecuador · 6847 days ago · 188 km deep · 88 km away

Before

  1. 4.337 km E of Puyo, Ecuador · 6903 days ago · 184 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 4.783 km ESE of Palora, Ecuador · 6908 days ago · 154 km deep · 65 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000fsnz (also filed as us2007juaf, choy20071116031300, gcmtc200711160312a, duputel200711160312a, gcmt20071116031300, iscgem13267208, atlas20071116031300). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:54 AM UTC.