M4.3 earthquake 22 km ENE of Santa Ana, Ecuador
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 22 km ENE of Santa Ana, Ecuador on Mon, Jun 20, 2016, 6:59 AM GMT-5 (11:59 UTC), 59 km (37 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-06-20 11:59:53 UTC
- Depth
- 59.2 km (36.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.157° S, 80.180° W
- Region
- Ecuador
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.3 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.123 km SSE of Junín, Ecuador · 3746 days ago · 64 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 4.231 km NNW of Chone, Ecuador · 3726 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.63 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3718 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 4
- 5.12 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3717 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 6
- 4.811 km ESE of Rocafuerte, Ecuador · 3715 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
- 4.341 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador · 3714 days ago · 34 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200065hd. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:16 PM UTC.