M3.6 earthquake 3 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 3 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador on Mon, Jul 18, 2016, 8:52 PM GMT-5 (01:52 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 2 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-19 01:52:34 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.936° S, 80.421° W
- Region
- Ecuador
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 8.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 247°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.12 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3717 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
- 4.811 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3715 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
- 4.341 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3714 days ago · 34 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.811 km E of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3679 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 6
Before
- 4.440 km NW of Manta, Ecuador · 3721 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 4.231 km NNW of Chone, Ecuador · 3726 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.643 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3728 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.547 km WNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3728 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 4.123 km SSE of Junín, Ecuador · 3746 days ago · 64 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 4.322 km ENE of Santa Ana, Ecuador · 3746 days ago · 59 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006fph. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:13 PM UTC.