M4.4 earthquake 14 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador

Magnitude

4.4 (mb), light

Local time

Sun, Apr 17, 2016, 4:35 PM GMT-5

UTC

2016-04-17 21:35:17 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

0.988° S, 80.331° W

Region

Ecuador

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.10

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

149°

Stations used

45

• Portoviejo, EcuadorPopulation 321,800. Forecast16 kmENE
• Guayaquil, EcuadorPopulation 2,723,665. Forecast143 kmNNW

After

1. 3.950 km NW of Manta, EcuadorSun, Apr 17, 9:09 PM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
2. 4.445 km SE of Pedernales, EcuadorMon, Apr 18, 5:29 AM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 68 km deep · 98 km away
3. 4.939 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorMon, Apr 18, 8:25 AM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
4. 4.129 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorMon, Apr 18, 8:35 AM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
5. 4.528 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorMon, Apr 18, 12:07 PM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
6. 4.915 km WSW of Manta, EcuadorMon, Apr 18, 1:38 PM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
7. 4.610 km W of Manta, EcuadorMon, Apr 18, 2:12 PM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
8. 4.153 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorMon, Apr 18, 3:00 PM GMT-5 · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
9. 4.957 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorMon, Apr 18, 9:03 PM GMT-5 · 3809 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
10. 4.731 km WNW of Jipijapa, EcuadorTue, Apr 19, 12:12 PM GMT-5 · 3809 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
11. 4.342 km N of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 6:23 AM GMT-5 · 3808 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
12. 4.737 km N of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 11:30 AM GMT-5 · 3808 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
13. 4.846 km WNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorWed, Apr 20, 5:31 PM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
14. 4.433 km SW of Pedernales, EcuadorThu, Apr 21, 7:31 AM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
15. 4.234 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorThu, Apr 21, 8:53 AM GMT-5 · 3807 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
16. 6.034 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorThu, Apr 21, 10:03 PM GMT-5 · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 29
17. 5.936 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorThu, Apr 21, 10:20 PM GMT-5 · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
18. 4.316 km NW of Rocafuerte, EcuadorThu, Apr 21, 11:25 PM GMT-5 · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
19. 5.023 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorThu, Apr 21, 11:31 PM GMT-5 · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
20. 4.331 km NE of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 12:37 AM GMT-5 · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
21. 4.843 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 3:52 AM GMT-5 · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
22. 4.854 km W of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 10:36 AM GMT-5 · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
23. 4.948 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 10:39 AM GMT-5 · 3806 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
24. 4.357 km WSW of Jipijapa, EcuadorFri, Apr 22, 5:05 PM GMT-5 · 3805 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
25. 4.710 km SW of Manta, EcuadorMon, Apr 25, 4:15 PM GMT-5 · 3802 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
26. 5.456 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorTue, Apr 26, 4:58 PM GMT-5 · 3801 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
27. 4.1near the coast of EcuadorTue, Apr 26, 7:08 PM GMT-5 · 3801 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
28. 4.243 km W of Jipijapa, EcuadorWed, Apr 27, 6:02 PM GMT-5 · 3800 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
29. 4.148 km SW of Montecristi, EcuadorThu, Apr 28, 5:33 AM GMT-5 · 3800 days ago · 31 km deep · 83 km away
30. 4.330 km WSW of Jipijapa, EcuadorThu, Apr 28, 8:50 PM GMT-5 · 3799 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
31. 4.356 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSat, Apr 30, 5:32 PM GMT-5 · 3797 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
32. 4.5near the coast of EcuadorWed, May 4, 11:38 AM GMT-5 · 3794 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
33. 4.326 km WSW of Montecristi, EcuadorWed, May 4, 5:28 PM GMT-5 · 3793 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away

Before

1. 5.650 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSun, Apr 17, 4:23 AM GMT-5 · 3811 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
2. 4.439 km WNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSun, Apr 17, 3:52 AM GMT-5 · 3811 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
3. 4.624 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSun, Apr 17, 2:22 AM GMT-5 · 3811 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
4. 5.834 km NE of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSun, Apr 17, 2:14 AM GMT-5 · 3811 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 8
5. 4.426 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSat, Apr 16, 11:25 PM GMT-5 · 3811 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
6. 4.843 km NNW of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSat, Apr 16, 11:02 PM GMT-5 · 3811 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
7. 4.836 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, EcuadorSat, Apr 16, 9:18 PM GMT-5 · 3811 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
8. 4.1near the coast of EcuadorSat, Apr 16, 8:19 PM GMT-5 · 3811 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
9. 5.5near the coast of EcuadorSat, Apr 16, 7:29 PM GMT-5 · 3811 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005jb0. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:58 AM UTC.