M4.4 earthquake 40 km NW of Manta, Ecuador
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 40 km NW of Manta, Ecuador on Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 2:32 AM GMT-5 (07:32 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 2 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-15 07:32:32 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.680° S, 80.948° 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 I, not felt shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 8.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.63 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3717 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
- 5.12 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3716 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 6
- 4.811 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3715 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
- 4.341 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3714 days ago · 34 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.811 km E of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3679 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 6
Before
Earthquakes todayEcuador earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006evp. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:36 AM UTC.