Ecuador earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 17 km WSW of Pedernales, Ecuador

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 17 km WSW of Pedernales, Ecuador on Sat, Apr 16, 2016, 7:16 PM GMT-5 (00:16 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 near the coast of Ecuador. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-04-17 00:16:00 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
0.028° N, 80.200° 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 6.5 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
51

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 78 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 78.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005j4g. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:15 AM UTC.