Ecuador earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 53 km WNW of Pedernales, Ecuador

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 53 km WNW of Pedernales, Ecuador on Tue, Apr 26, 2016, 10:50 AM GMT-5 (15:50 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
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-04-26 15:50:35 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
0.232° N, 80.505° W
Region
Ecuador
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 8.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
147°
Stations used
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.456 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3800 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.127 km NW of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3800 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 4.228 km ESE of Muisne, Ecuador · 3797 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 4.356 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3796 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 4.528 km NE of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3794 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 4.457 km W of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3792 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 4.166 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3791 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 4.24 km S of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3785 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 4.831 km W of Muisne, Ecuador · 3782 days ago · 42 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 6.732 km SE of Muisne, Ecuador · 3779 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 104 · tsunami flag
  11. 4.828 km SE of Muisne, Ecuador · 3779 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 4.51 km N of Muisne, Ecuador · 3778 days ago · 37 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 4.630 km ESE of Muisne, Ecuador · 3772 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  14. 4.418 km WSW of Muisne, Ecuador · 3766 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 4.942 km WNW of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3765 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 4.754 km WNW of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3765 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 4.53 km SSW of Muisne, Ecuador · 3760 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 4.373 km WSW of Muisne, Ecuador · 3744 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away

Before

  1. 4.122 km SW of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3802 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 4.473 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3803 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 4.839 km W of Muisne, Ecuador · 3804 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
  4. 5.726 km W of Muisne, Ecuador · 3804 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 4.426 km N of Muisne, Ecuador · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 4.948 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
  7. 4.854 km W of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 4.437 km NW of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  9. 4.359 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3805 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 4.843 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 4.331 km NE of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 5.023 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  13. 5.936 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 6.034 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 29
  15. 4.234 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 4.433 km SW of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 4.846 km WNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 4.911 km ESE of Muisne, Ecuador · 3806 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  19. 4.737 km N of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 4.723 km WNW of Muisne, Ecuador · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005e1v. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:15 AM UTC.