M4.3 earthquake 13 km NNE of Pedernales, Ecuador
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 13 km NNE of Pedernales, Ecuador on Tue, Jul 5, 2016, 10:14 PM GMT-5 (03:14 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 33 km NNW of Rosa Zarate, Ecuador. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-06 03:14:52 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.182° N, 79.991° 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 5.3 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.017 km ESE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador · 3729 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.231 km NNW of Chone, Ecuador · 3727 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.933 km NNW of Rosa Zarate, Ecuador · 3726 days ago · 17 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 13
- 6.333 km NNW of Rosa Zarate, Ecuador · 3726 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 88
- 4.326 km SSE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador · 3726 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.341 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3715 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000615s. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:23 PM UTC.