M7.5 earthquake 115 km ESE of Palora, Ecuador
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck 115 km ESE of Palora, Ecuador on Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 5:17 AM GMT-5 (10:17 UTC), 145 km (90 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.5 (mww), major
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-22 10:17:23 UTC
- Depth
- 145.0 km (90.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 2.186° S, 77.050° W
- Region
- Ecuador
- Felt reports
- 418
- Strongest shaking
- VII, very strong shaking
- PAGER alert
- Yellow
- Tsunami flag
- Yes: a large quake in an oceanic region
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Tsunami
The USGS flags a quake this large in an oceanic region. The flag does not mean a tsunami happened; the tsunami warning centers decide that, and their messages are below when they issued any.
Current tsunami warnings: tsunami.gov. Warnings in force in the US also appear on our alerts pages.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- VII, very strong shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 25.6% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 2.8 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
418 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VII, very strong shaking.
Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Yellow: some damage and deaths possible, a local or regional response
| Range | Chance |
|---|---|
| Under 1 | 10% |
| 1 to 10 | 30% |
| 10 to 100 | 37% |
| 100 to 1,000 | 19% |
| 1,000 to 10,000 | 4% |
| 10,000 to 100,000 | Under 1% |
| 100,000 to 10,000,000 | Under 1% |
| Range, million USD | Chance |
|---|---|
| Under 1 | 28% |
| 1 to 10 | 35% |
| 10 to 100 | 26% |
| 100 to 1,000 | 9% |
| 1,000 to 10,000 | 1% |
| 10,000 to 100,000 | Under 1% |
| 100,000 to 10,000,000 | Under 1% |
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 7.5 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 158°, dip 26°, rake -61°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 306°, dip 67°, rake -104°
- Landslide alert
- Green
- Liquefaction alert
- Red
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.2 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From modeling of broad-band P waveforms
- Station coverage gap
- 15°
- Stations used
- 334
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.279 km SE of Palora, Ecuador · 2768 days ago · 135 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.5121 km E of Macas, Ecuador · 2749 days ago · 114 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.199 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador · 2743 days ago · 32 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
- 4.4129 km N of Alianza Cristiana, Peru · 2738 days ago · 142 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.674 km NNW of Alianza Cristiana, Peru · 2735 days ago · 107 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.3103 km ESE of Palora, Ecuador · 2729 days ago · 140 km deep · 13 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jlfv (also filed as at00pnbol0, pt19053000, iscgem614969911). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:12 AM UTC.