M4.8 earthquake 31 km ENE of Puyo, Ecuador
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 31 km ENE of Puyo, Ecuador on Fri, Apr 12, 2019, 10:43 PM GMT-5 (03:43 UTC), 175 km (109 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-04-13 03:43:56 UTC
- Depth
- 175.5 km (109.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 1.386° S, 77.735° 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 III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 8.5 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 124°
- Stations used
- 79
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000359x. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:30 PM UTC.