M4.5 earthquake 43 km NW of Pedernales, Ecuador

Magnitude

4.5 (mb), light

Local time

Sat, Apr 16, 2016, 7:59 PM GMT-5

UTC

2016-04-17 00:59:04 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

0.354° N, 80.326° W

Region

Ecuador

Felt reports

2

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.2 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.07

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

58°

Stations used

92

• Rosa Zarate, EcuadorPopulation 42,121. Forecast95 kmW
• Esmeraldas, EcuadorPopulation 218,727. Forecast101 kmSW
• Quito, EcuadorPopulation 2,781,641. Forecast211 kmWNW

After

1. 4.323 km SW of Pedernales, EcuadorSat, Apr 16, 8:09 PM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
2. 4.1near the coast of EcuadorSat, Apr 16, 8:19 PM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
3. 4.836 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSat, Apr 16, 9:18 PM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
4. 4.634 km NW of Pedernales, EcuadorSat, Apr 16, 10:05 PM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
5. 4.843 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSat, Apr 16, 11:02 PM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
6. 4.426 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSat, Apr 16, 11:25 PM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
7. 4.649 km WNW of Pedernales, EcuadorSun, Apr 17, 12:42 AM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
8. 5.834 km NE of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSun, Apr 17, 2:14 AM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 8
9. 4.624 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSun, Apr 17, 2:22 AM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
10. 4.439 km WNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSun, Apr 17, 3:52 AM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
11. 5.650 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSun, Apr 17, 4:23 AM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
12. 4.512 km ESE of Muisne, EcuadorSun, Apr 17, 3:24 PM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
13. 4.426 km NW of Pedernales, EcuadorSun, Apr 17, 7:38 PM GMT-5 · 3809 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
14. 4.313 km SW of Muisne, EcuadorMon, Apr 18, 4:13 AM GMT-5 · 3809 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
15. 4.445 km SE of Pedernales, EcuadorMon, Apr 18, 5:29 AM GMT-5 · 3809 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
16. 4.939 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorMon, Apr 18, 8:25 AM GMT-5 · 3809 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
17. 4.129 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorMon, Apr 18, 8:35 AM GMT-5 · 3809 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
18. 4.528 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorMon, Apr 18, 12:07 PM GMT-5 · 3809 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
19. 4.153 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorMon, Apr 18, 3:00 PM GMT-5 · 3809 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
20. 4.970 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorMon, Apr 18, 4:15 PM GMT-5 · 3809 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
21. 4.957 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorMon, Apr 18, 9:03 PM GMT-5 · 3808 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
22. 4.478 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorTue, Apr 19, 12:15 AM GMT-5 · 3808 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
23. 4.439 km NW of Pedernales, EcuadorTue, Apr 19, 8:07 AM GMT-5 · 3808 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
24. 4.46 km SSW of Muisne, EcuadorTue, Apr 19, 4:54 PM GMT-5 · 3808 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
25. 5.63 km S of Muisne, EcuadorTue, Apr 19, 5:22 PM GMT-5 · 3808 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 6
26. 4.210 km E of Muisne, EcuadorTue, Apr 19, 8:48 PM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
27. 4.312 km E of Muisne, EcuadorTue, Apr 19, 8:49 PM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
28. 4.48 km N of Muisne, EcuadorTue, Apr 19, 8:50 PM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
29. 4.531 km W of Muisne, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 3:25 AM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
30. 6.221 km W of Muisne, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 3:33 AM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 12
31. 6.010 km N of Muisne, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 3:35 AM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
32. 4.116 km SSW of Muisne, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 3:56 AM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
33. 4.617 km SW of Muisne, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 4:13 AM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
34. 4.313 km SW of Pedernales, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 4:35 AM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
35. 4.342 km N of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 6:23 AM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
36. 4.212 km W of Muisne, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 7:13 AM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
37. 4.723 km WNW of Muisne, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 11:20 AM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
38. 4.737 km N of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 11:30 AM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
39. 4.911 km ESE of Muisne, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 4:30 PM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
40. 4.433 km SW of Pedernales, EcuadorThu, Apr 21, 7:31 AM GMT-5 · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
41. 4.234 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorThu, Apr 21, 8:53 AM GMT-5 · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
42. 6.034 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorThu, Apr 21, 10:03 PM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 29
43. 5.936 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorThu, Apr 21, 10:20 PM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
44. 5.023 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorThu, Apr 21, 11:31 PM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
45. 4.331 km NE of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 12:37 AM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
46. 4.843 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 3:52 AM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
47. 4.359 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 5:39 AM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
48. 4.437 km NW of Pedernales, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 8:36 AM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
49. 4.948 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 10:39 AM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
50. 4.426 km N of Muisne, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 11:27 AM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
51. 5.726 km W of Muisne, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 8:24 PM GMT-5 · 3804 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
52. 4.839 km W of Muisne, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 11:06 PM GMT-5 · 3804 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
53. 4.332 km NNW of Rosa Zarate, EcuadorSun, Apr 24, 2:22 AM GMT-5 · 3803 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
54. 4.473 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSun, Apr 24, 9:36 AM GMT-5 · 3803 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
55. 4.122 km SW of Pedernales, EcuadorMon, Apr 25, 2:06 AM GMT-5 · 3802 days ago · 26 km deep · 50 km away
56. 4.453 km WNW of Pedernales, EcuadorTue, Apr 26, 10:50 AM GMT-5 · 3801 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
57. 5.456 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorTue, Apr 26, 4:58 PM GMT-5 · 3801 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
58. 4.127 km NW of Pedernales, EcuadorTue, Apr 26, 7:39 PM GMT-5 · 3800 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
59. 4.228 km ESE of Muisne, EcuadorFri, Apr 29, 8:44 PM GMT-5 · 3797 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
60. 4.356 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSat, Apr 30, 5:32 PM GMT-5 · 3797 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away

The first 60 of 74.

Before

1. 5.5near the coast of EcuadorSat, Apr 16, 7:29 PM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
2. 4.717 km WSW of Pedernales, EcuadorSat, Apr 16, 7:16 PM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
3. 4.515 km S of Pedernales, EcuadorSat, Apr 16, 7:12 PM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
4. 7.827 km SSE of Muisne, EcuadorSat, Apr 16, 6:58 PM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 194 · PAGER orange · tsunami flag
5. 4.825 km N of Pedernales, EcuadorSat, Apr 16, 6:47 PM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005j3z. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:48 AM UTC.