Ecuador earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 26 km SSE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 26 km SSE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador on Mon, Jul 11, 2016, 2:40 AM GMT-5 (07:40 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 50 km NW of Esmeraldas, Ecuador. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-07-11 07:40:30 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
0.739° N, 79.550° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
131°
Stations used
66

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.750 km NW of Esmeraldas, Ecuador · 3722 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.526 km WSW of Valdez, Ecuador · 3718 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.460 km S of Valdez, Ecuador · 3672 days ago · 78 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2

Before

  1. 6.333 km NNW of Rosa Zarate, Ecuador · 3726 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 88
  2. 5.933 km NNW of Rosa Zarate, Ecuador · 3726 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 13
  3. 4.017 km ESE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador · 3729 days ago · 35 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 4.628 km E of Esmeraldas, Ecuador · 3731 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.224 km E of Esmeraldas, Ecuador · 3731 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 4.313 km NNE of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3731 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 4.318 km SE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador · 3743 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100062j4. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:35 PM UTC.