M4.3 earthquake 30 km WSW of Jipijapa, Ecuador
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 30 km WSW of Jipijapa, Ecuador on Thu, Apr 28, 2016, 8:50 PM GMT-5 (01:50 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 near the coast of Ecuador. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-29 01:50:46 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.491° S, 80.817° W
- Region
- Ecuador
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5near the coast of Ecuador · 3793 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.326 km WSW of Montecristi, Ecuador · 3792 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.322 km ENE of Santa Ana, Ecuador · 3746 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.123 km SSE of Junín, Ecuador · 3745 days ago · 64 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.148 km SW of Montecristi, Ecuador · 3799 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.243 km W of Jipijapa, Ecuador · 3799 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.1near the coast of Ecuador · 3800 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.710 km SW of Manta, Ecuador · 3802 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 4.357 km WSW of Jipijapa, Ecuador · 3804 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.316 km NW of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 4.731 km WNW of Jipijapa, Ecuador · 3808 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 4.610 km W of Manta, Ecuador · 3809 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.915 km WSW of Manta, Ecuador · 3809 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
- 3.950 km NW of Manta, Ecuador · 3809 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.414 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005ebf. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:09 AM UTC.