M4.9 earthquake 7 km SSE of Macará, Ecuador
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 7 km SSE of Macará, Ecuador on Mon, Dec 12, 2022, 1:55 AM GMT-5 (06:55 UTC), 71 km (44 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-12-12 06:55:00 UTC
- Depth
- 71.2 km (44.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 4.438° S, 79.907° W
- Region
- Ecuador
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
5 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 10.4 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 148
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.523 km S of Tumbes, Peru · 1344 days ago · 62 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.33 km N of Piñas, Ecuador · 1341 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000j8q6. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:17 PM UTC.