M4.4 earthquake 33 km SW of Pedernales, Ecuador

Magnitude

4.4 (mb), light

Local time

Thu, Apr 21, 2016, 7:31 AM GMT-5

UTC

2016-04-21 12:31:16 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

0.177° S, 80.220° W

Region

Ecuador

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 6.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.10

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

55°

Stations used

49

• Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorPopulation 37,056. Forecast52 kmNNE
• Portoviejo, EcuadorPopulation 321,800. Forecast101 kmNNE
• Quito, EcuadorPopulation 2,781,641. Forecast189 kmW

After

1. 4.234 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorThu, Apr 21, 8:53 AM GMT-5 · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
2. 6.034 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorThu, Apr 21, 10:03 PM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 29
3. 5.936 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorThu, Apr 21, 10:20 PM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
4. 4.316 km NW of Rocafuerte, EcuadorThu, Apr 21, 11:25 PM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
5. 5.023 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorThu, Apr 21, 11:31 PM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
6. 4.331 km NE of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 12:37 AM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
7. 4.843 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 3:52 AM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
8. 4.359 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 5:39 AM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
9. 4.437 km NW of Pedernales, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 8:36 AM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
10. 4.854 km W of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 10:36 AM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
11. 4.948 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 10:39 AM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 4
12. 5.726 km W of Muisne, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 8:24 PM GMT-5 · 3804 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
13. 4.839 km W of Muisne, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 11:06 PM GMT-5 · 3804 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
14. 4.473 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSun, Apr 24, 9:36 AM GMT-5 · 3803 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
15. 4.122 km SW of Pedernales, EcuadorMon, Apr 25, 2:06 AM GMT-5 · 3802 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
16. 4.453 km WNW of Pedernales, EcuadorTue, Apr 26, 10:50 AM GMT-5 · 3801 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
17. 5.456 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorTue, Apr 26, 4:58 PM GMT-5 · 3800 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
18. 4.1near the coast of EcuadorTue, Apr 26, 7:08 PM GMT-5 · 3800 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
19. 4.127 km NW of Pedernales, EcuadorTue, Apr 26, 7:39 PM GMT-5 · 3800 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
20. 4.228 km ESE of Muisne, EcuadorFri, Apr 29, 8:44 PM GMT-5 · 3797 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
21. 4.356 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSat, Apr 30, 5:32 PM GMT-5 · 3796 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
22. 4.528 km NE of Pedernales, EcuadorMon, May 2, 10:44 PM GMT-5 · 3794 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
23. 4.457 km W of Pedernales, EcuadorThu, May 5, 11:06 AM GMT-5 · 3792 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
24. 4.166 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorFri, May 6, 3:37 AM GMT-5 · 3791 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
25. 4.24 km S of Pedernales, EcuadorWed, May 11, 6:04 PM GMT-5 · 3785 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
26. 4.831 km W of Muisne, EcuadorSun, May 15, 4:51 AM GMT-5 · 3782 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
27. 6.732 km SE of Muisne, EcuadorWed, May 18, 2:57 AM GMT-5 · 3779 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 104 · tsunami flag
28. 4.828 km SE of Muisne, EcuadorWed, May 18, 3:06 AM GMT-5 · 3779 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
29. 4.51 km N of Muisne, EcuadorThu, May 19, 2:05 AM GMT-5 · 3778 days ago · 37 km deep · 92 km away
30. 4.630 km ESE of Muisne, EcuadorTue, May 24, 4:03 PM GMT-5 · 3772 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
31. 4.418 km WSW of Muisne, EcuadorTue, May 31, 10:48 AM GMT-5 · 3766 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
32. 4.942 km WNW of Pedernales, EcuadorWed, Jun 1, 5:05 AM GMT-5 · 3765 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
33. 4.754 km WNW of Pedernales, EcuadorWed, Jun 1, 10:00 AM GMT-5 · 3765 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
34. 4.53 km SSW of Muisne, EcuadorMon, Jun 6, 11:45 AM GMT-5 · 3760 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away

Before

1. 4.846 km WNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 5:31 PM GMT-5 · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
2. 4.911 km ESE of Muisne, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 4:30 PM GMT-5 · 3806 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
3. 4.737 km N of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 11:30 AM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
4. 4.723 km WNW of Muisne, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 11:20 AM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
5. 4.212 km W of Muisne, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 7:13 AM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
6. 4.342 km N of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 6:23 AM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
7. 4.313 km SW of Pedernales, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 4:35 AM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
8. 4.617 km SW of Muisne, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 4:13 AM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
9. 4.116 km SSW of Muisne, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 3:56 AM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
10. 6.221 km W of Muisne, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 3:33 AM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 12
11. 4.531 km W of Muisne, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 3:25 AM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
12. 4.48 km N of Muisne, EcuadorTue, Apr 19, 8:50 PM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
13. 4.312 km E of Muisne, EcuadorTue, Apr 19, 8:49 PM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
14. 4.210 km E of Muisne, EcuadorTue, Apr 19, 8:48 PM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
15. 5.63 km S of Muisne, EcuadorTue, Apr 19, 5:22 PM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 6
16. 4.46 km SSW of Muisne, EcuadorTue, Apr 19, 4:54 PM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
17. 4.439 km NW of Pedernales, EcuadorTue, Apr 19, 8:07 AM GMT-5 · 3808 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
18. 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
19. 4.957 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorMon, Apr 18, 9:03 PM GMT-5 · 3808 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
20. 4.970 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorMon, Apr 18, 4:15 PM GMT-5 · 3808 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005kg9. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:54 AM UTC.