Ecuador earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 23 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 23 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador on Thu, Apr 21, 2016, 11:31 PM GMT-5 (04:31 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 56 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.0 (mb), moderate
Local time: Thu, Apr 21, 2016, 11:31 PM GMT-5
UTC: 2016-04-22 04:31:34 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 0.421° S, 80.543° W
Region: Ecuador
Felt reports: 1
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 5.8 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.03
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 60°
Stations used: 125

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005krb (also filed as iscgem608589453). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:40 AM UTC.