Ecuador earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 10 km SW of Manta, Ecuador

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 10 km SW of Manta, Ecuador on Mon, Apr 25, 2016, 4:15 PM GMT-5 (21:15 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 56 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-04-25 21:15:53 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
1.038° S, 80.774° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.8 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
66°
Stations used
71

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.456 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.1near the coast of Ecuador · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 4.243 km W of Jipijapa, Ecuador · 3804 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 4.148 km SW of Montecristi, Ecuador · 3804 days ago · 31 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 4.330 km WSW of Jipijapa, Ecuador · 3803 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.356 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3801 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 4.5near the coast of Ecuador · 3798 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 4.326 km WSW of Montecristi, Ecuador · 3797 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 4.322 km ENE of Santa Ana, Ecuador · 3751 days ago · 59 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.123 km SSE of Junín, Ecuador · 3750 days ago · 64 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.473 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3808 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.357 km WSW of Jipijapa, Ecuador · 3809 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 4.948 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
  4. 4.854 km W of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 4.843 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 4.331 km NE of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 5.023 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.316 km NW of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  9. 5.936 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 6.034 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 29
  11. 4.234 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3811 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 4.846 km WNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3811 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 4.737 km N of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3812 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 4.731 km WNW of Jipijapa, Ecuador · 3813 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  15. 4.957 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3813 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 4.153 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3814 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 4.610 km W of Manta, Ecuador · 3814 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 4.915 km WSW of Manta, Ecuador · 3814 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 3
  19. 4.528 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3814 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 4.129 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3814 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005bha. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:29 AM UTC.