Ecuador earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 57 km WSW of Jipijapa, Ecuador

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 57 km WSW of Jipijapa, Ecuador on Fri, Apr 22, 2016, 5:05 PM GMT-5 (22:05 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 10 km SW of Manta, Ecuador. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-04-22 22:05:24 UTC
Depth
32.8 km (20.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
1.466° S, 81.079° 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 6.8 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
116°
Stations used
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.710 km SW of Manta, Ecuador · 3802 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.1near the coast of Ecuador · 3801 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 4.243 km W of Jipijapa, Ecuador · 3800 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 4.148 km SW of Montecristi, Ecuador · 3800 days ago · 31 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 4.330 km WSW of Jipijapa, Ecuador · 3799 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.5near the coast of Ecuador · 3793 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 4.326 km WSW of Montecristi, Ecuador · 3793 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away

Before

  1. 4.316 km NW of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.731 km WNW of Jipijapa, Ecuador · 3808 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.610 km W of Manta, Ecuador · 3809 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 4.915 km WSW of Manta, Ecuador · 3809 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  5. 3.950 km NW of Manta, Ecuador · 3810 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 4.414 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005ddl. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:25 PM UTC.