Ecuador earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 39 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 39 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador on Mon, Apr 18, 2016, 8:25 AM GMT-5 (13:25 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.7 32 km SE of Muisne, Ecuador. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Mon, Apr 18, 2016, 8:25 AM GMT-5
UTC: 2016-04-18 13:25:44 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 0.270° S, 80.294° W
Region: Ecuador
Felt reports: 1
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Riobamba.

From the USGS event page for us20005jhl. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 5.9 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.03
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 74°
Stations used: 490

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005jhl. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:18 PM UTC.