Ecuador earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 39 km W of Muisne, Ecuador

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 39 km W of Muisne, Ecuador on Fri, Apr 22, 2016, 11:06 PM GMT-5 (04:06 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
4.8 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-04-23 04:06:33 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
0.592° N, 80.376° W
Region
Ecuador
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people 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 5.4 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
55°
Stations used
110

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.332 km NNW of Rosa Zarate, Ecuador · 3803 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 4.122 km SW of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3802 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 4.453 km WNW of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3801 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 5.456 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3800 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.127 km NW of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3800 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 4.228 km ESE of Muisne, Ecuador · 3797 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 4.528 km NE of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3794 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 4.457 km W of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3792 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 4.166 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3791 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 4.24 km S of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3785 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 4.831 km W of Muisne, Ecuador · 3782 days ago · 42 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 6.732 km SE of Muisne, Ecuador · 3779 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 104 · tsunami flag
  13. 4.828 km SE of Muisne, Ecuador · 3779 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 6.924 km NW of Rosa Zarate, Ecuador · 3779 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 62 · tsunami flag
  15. 4.51 km N of Muisne, Ecuador · 3778 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 4.630 km ESE of Muisne, Ecuador · 3773 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  17. 4.418 km WSW of Muisne, Ecuador · 3766 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 4.942 km WNW of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3765 days ago · 23 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 4.754 km WNW of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3765 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 4.53 km SSW of Muisne, Ecuador · 3760 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away

Before

  1. 5.726 km W of Muisne, Ecuador · 3804 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 4.426 km N of Muisne, Ecuador · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 4.437 km NW of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.359 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3805 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 4.843 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 5.936 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 6.034 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 29
  8. 4.433 km SW of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 4.911 km ESE of Muisne, Ecuador · 3807 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
  10. 4.737 km N of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 4.723 km WNW of Muisne, Ecuador · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  12. 4.212 km W of Muisne, Ecuador · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 4.342 km N of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 4.313 km SW of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 4.617 km SW of Muisne, Ecuador · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  16. 4.116 km SSW of Muisne, Ecuador · 3807 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 6.010 km N of Muisne, Ecuador · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 6.221 km W of Muisne, Ecuador · 3807 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 12
  19. 4.531 km W of Muisne, Ecuador · 3807 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 4.48 km N of Muisne, Ecuador · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005l4c. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:06 AM UTC.