M4.8 earthquake 11 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 11 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador on Thu, Jul 21, 2016, 6:57 AM GMT-5 (11:57 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-21 11:57:49 UTC
- Depth
- 26.2 km (16.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 0.954° S, 80.352° W
- Region
- Ecuador
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 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 6.5 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 140°
- Stations used
- 80
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.341 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3715 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.811 km E of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3680 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
Before
- 5.12 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3717 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 6
- 3.63 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3718 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 4
- 4.440 km NW of Manta, Ecuador · 3722 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 4.231 km NNW of Chone, Ecuador · 3727 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.643 km NW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3729 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.547 km WNW of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3729 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006gdb (also filed as iscgem609223849). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 9:31 AM UTC.