M4.7 earthquake 31 km WNW of Jipijapa, Ecuador
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 31 km WNW of Jipijapa, Ecuador on Tue, Apr 19, 2016, 12:12 PM GMT-5 (17:12 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 46 km WNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-19 17:12:53 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.275° S, 80.855° 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 III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.7 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 188°, dip 87°, rake 97°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 302°, dip 8°, rake 24°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.3 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- Stations used
- 226
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.846 km WNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3813 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.316 km NW of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3812 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 4.854 km W of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3812 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.357 km WSW of Jipijapa, Ecuador · 3811 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.710 km SW of Manta, Ecuador · 3808 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 4.1near the coast of Ecuador · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.243 km W of Jipijapa, Ecuador · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.148 km SW of Montecristi, Ecuador · 3806 days ago · 31 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.330 km WSW of Jipijapa, Ecuador · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5near the coast of Ecuador · 3799 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.326 km WSW of Montecristi, Ecuador · 3799 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
Before
- 4.610 km W of Manta, Ecuador · 3815 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.915 km WSW of Manta, Ecuador · 3815 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
- 3.950 km NW of Manta, Ecuador · 3816 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.414 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3816 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.439 km WNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3817 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005jux. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:53 AM UTC.