M4.7 earthquake 50 km NW of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 50 km NW of Esmeraldas, Ecuador on Thu, Jul 14, 2016, 11:37 AM GMT-5 (16:37 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-14 16:37:42 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.260° N, 79.991° 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 6.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 132°
- Stations used
- 219
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 4.326 km SSE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador · 3725 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 6.333 km NNW of Rosa Zarate, Ecuador · 3726 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 88
- 5.933 km NNW of Rosa Zarate, Ecuador · 3726 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 13
- 4.017 km ESE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador · 3729 days ago · 35 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.628 km E of Esmeraldas, Ecuador · 3730 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 4.224 km E of Esmeraldas, Ecuador · 3730 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.318 km SE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador · 3742 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006en3. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:57 PM UTC.