M4.0 earthquake 17 km ESE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 17 km ESE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador on Thu, Jul 7, 2016, 5:48 AM GMT-5 (10:48 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 33 km NNW of Rosa Zarate, Ecuador. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-07 10:48:40 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.911° N, 79.502° 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 7.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 136°
- Stations used
- 21
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.933 km NNW of Rosa Zarate, Ecuador · 3726 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 13
- 6.333 km NNW of Rosa Zarate, Ecuador · 3726 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 88
- 4.326 km SSE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador · 3725 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.750 km NW of Esmeraldas, Ecuador · 3722 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.526 km WSW of Valdez, Ecuador · 3718 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 4.460 km S of Valdez, Ecuador · 3672 days ago · 78 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.628 km E of Esmeraldas, Ecuador · 3730 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 4.224 km E of Esmeraldas, Ecuador · 3730 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.313 km NNE of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3731 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.318 km SE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador · 3742 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006ekb. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:51 PM UTC.