M4.5 earthquake 26 km WSW of Valdez, Ecuador
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 26 km WSW of Valdez, Ecuador on Mon, Jul 18, 2016, 7:00 AM GMT-5 (12:00 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-18 12:00:25 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 1.122° N, 79.188° 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 IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 10.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 161°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 4.750 km NW of Esmeraldas, Ecuador · 3722 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.326 km SSE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador · 3725 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 6.333 km NNW of Rosa Zarate, Ecuador · 3726 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 88
- 5.933 km NNW of Rosa Zarate, Ecuador · 3726 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 13
- 4.017 km ESE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador · 3729 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.628 km E of Esmeraldas, Ecuador · 3730 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 4.224 km E of Esmeraldas, Ecuador · 3730 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.318 km SE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador · 3742 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006gqr. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:04 PM UTC.