M4.2 earthquake 31 km NNW of Chone, Ecuador
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 31 km NNW of Chone, Ecuador on Sun, Jul 10, 2016, 1:44 AM GMT-5 (06:44 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 40 km NW of Manta, 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
- 2016-07-10 06:44:41 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.426° S, 80.184° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 169°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.440 km NW of Manta, Ecuador · 3721 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 3.63 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3717 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
- 5.12 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3716 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 6
- 4.811 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3715 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
- 4.341 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3714 days ago · 34 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.811 km E of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3679 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 6
Before
- 4.643 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3728 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.547 km WNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3728 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 4.313 km NNE of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3730 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.123 km SSE of Junín, Ecuador · 3745 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 4.322 km ENE of Santa Ana, Ecuador · 3746 days ago · 59 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100062c4. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:53 AM UTC.