M4.4 earthquake 57 km W of Pedernales, Ecuador
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 57 km W of Pedernales, Ecuador on Thu, May 5, 2016, 11:06 AM GMT-5 (16:06 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.7 32 km SE of Muisne, 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
- 2016-05-05 16:06:41 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.013° N, 80.562° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.166 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3799 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.24 km S of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3793 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.831 km W of Muisne, Ecuador · 3790 days ago · 42 km deep · 67 km away
- 6.732 km SE of Muisne, Ecuador · 3787 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 104 · tsunami flag
- 4.828 km SE of Muisne, Ecuador · 3787 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.51 km N of Muisne, Ecuador · 3786 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.418 km WSW of Muisne, Ecuador · 3774 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.942 km WNW of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3773 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.754 km WNW of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3773 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.53 km SSW of Muisne, Ecuador · 3768 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.373 km WSW of Muisne, Ecuador · 3752 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
Before
- 4.528 km NE of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3802 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.356 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3804 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.127 km NW of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3808 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.1near the coast of Ecuador · 3808 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.456 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3809 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 4.453 km WNW of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3809 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.122 km SW of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3810 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.9121 km WNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3810 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.473 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3811 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.839 km W of Muisne, Ecuador · 3812 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 5.726 km W of Muisne, Ecuador · 3812 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.948 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3813 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 4
- 4.854 km W of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3813 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.437 km NW of Pedernales, Ecuador · 3813 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
- 4.359 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3813 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.843 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3813 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.331 km NE of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3813 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.023 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3813 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 4.316 km NW of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3813 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 5.936 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3813 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
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