M4.6 earthquake 10 km W of Manta, Ecuador

Magnitude

4.6 (mb), light

Local time

Mon, Apr 18, 2016, 2:12 PM GMT-5

UTC

2016-04-18 19:12:38 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

0.974° S, 80.803° W

Region

Ecuador

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.06

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

152°

Stations used

98

• Manta, EcuadorPopulation 264,281. Forecast8 kmWSW
• Guayaquil, EcuadorPopulation 2,723,665. Forecast170 kmNW

After

1. 4.153 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorMon, Apr 18, 3:00 PM GMT-5 · 3809 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
2. 4.957 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorMon, Apr 18, 9:03 PM GMT-5 · 3808 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
3. 4.731 km WNW of Jipijapa, EcuadorTue, Apr 19, 12:12 PM GMT-5 · 3808 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
4. 4.342 km N of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 6:23 AM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
5. 4.737 km N of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 11:30 AM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
6. 4.846 km WNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 5:31 PM GMT-5 · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
7. 4.234 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorThu, Apr 21, 8:53 AM GMT-5 · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
8. 6.034 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorThu, Apr 21, 10:03 PM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 29
9. 5.936 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorThu, Apr 21, 10:20 PM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
10. 4.316 km NW of Rocafuerte, EcuadorThu, Apr 21, 11:25 PM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
11. 5.023 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorThu, Apr 21, 11:31 PM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
12. 4.331 km NE of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 12:37 AM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
13. 4.843 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 3:52 AM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
14. 4.359 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 5:39 AM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
15. 4.854 km W of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 10:36 AM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
16. 4.948 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 10:39 AM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 4
17. 4.357 km WSW of Jipijapa, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 5:05 PM GMT-5 · 3804 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
18. 4.473 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSun, Apr 24, 9:36 AM GMT-5 · 3803 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
19. 4.710 km SW of Manta, EcuadorMon, Apr 25, 4:15 PM GMT-5 · 3801 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
20. 5.456 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorTue, Apr 26, 4:58 PM GMT-5 · 3800 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
21. 4.1near the coast of EcuadorTue, Apr 26, 7:08 PM GMT-5 · 3800 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
22. 4.243 km W of Jipijapa, EcuadorWed, Apr 27, 6:02 PM GMT-5 · 3799 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
23. 4.148 km SW of Montecristi, EcuadorThu, Apr 28, 5:33 AM GMT-5 · 3799 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away
24. 4.330 km WSW of Jipijapa, EcuadorThu, Apr 28, 8:50 PM GMT-5 · 3798 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
25. 4.356 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSat, Apr 30, 5:32 PM GMT-5 · 3796 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
26. 4.5near the coast of EcuadorWed, May 4, 11:38 AM GMT-5 · 3793 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
27. 4.326 km WSW of Montecristi, EcuadorWed, May 4, 5:28 PM GMT-5 · 3792 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
28. 4.166 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorFri, May 6, 3:37 AM GMT-5 · 3791 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away

Before

1. 4.915 km WSW of Manta, EcuadorMon, Apr 18, 1:38 PM GMT-5 · 3809 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 3
2. 4.528 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorMon, Apr 18, 12:07 PM GMT-5 · 3809 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
3. 4.129 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorMon, Apr 18, 8:35 AM GMT-5 · 3809 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
4. 4.939 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorMon, Apr 18, 8:25 AM GMT-5 · 3809 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
5. 3.950 km NW of Manta, EcuadorSun, Apr 17, 9:09 PM GMT-5 · 3809 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
6. 4.414 km ESE of Rocafuerte, EcuadorSun, Apr 17, 4:35 PM GMT-5 · 3809 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
7. 5.650 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSun, Apr 17, 4:23 AM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
8. 4.439 km WNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSun, Apr 17, 3:52 AM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
9. 4.624 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSun, Apr 17, 2:22 AM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
10. 5.834 km NE of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSun, Apr 17, 2:14 AM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 8
11. 4.426 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSat, Apr 16, 11:25 PM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
12. 4.843 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSat, Apr 16, 11:02 PM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
13. 4.836 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSat, Apr 16, 9:18 PM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
14. 5.5near the coast of EcuadorSat, Apr 16, 7:29 PM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005jjr. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:18 AM UTC.