Ecuador earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 43 km W of Jipijapa, Ecuador

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 43 km W of Jipijapa, Ecuador on Wed, Apr 27, 2016, 6:02 PM GMT-5 (23:02 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 30 km WSW of Jipijapa, Ecuador. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-04-27 23:02:13 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
1.342° S, 80.968° 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 6.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
120°
Stations used
20

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 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.148 km SW of Montecristi, Ecuador · 3799 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 4.330 km WSW of Jipijapa, Ecuador · 3799 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.5near the coast of Ecuador · 3793 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 4.326 km WSW of Montecristi, Ecuador · 3793 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 4.322 km ENE of Santa Ana, Ecuador · 3746 days ago · 59 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.123 km SSE of Junín, Ecuador · 3746 days ago · 64 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.1near the coast of Ecuador · 3801 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 4.710 km SW of Manta, Ecuador · 3802 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.357 km WSW of Jipijapa, Ecuador · 3805 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 4.854 km W of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 4.316 km NW of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.731 km WNW of Jipijapa, Ecuador · 3808 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.610 km W of Manta, Ecuador · 3809 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 4.915 km WSW of Manta, Ecuador · 3809 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
  9. 3.950 km NW of Manta, Ecuador · 3810 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 4.414 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005c1p. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC.