M4.5 earthquake Peru-Ecuador border region
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Peru-Ecuador border region on Sat, Oct 15, 2022, 12:23 AM GMT-5 (05:23 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 27 km SE of Papayal, Peru. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-10-15 05:23:11 UTC
- Depth
- 50.5 km (31.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 3.907° S, 80.810° W
- Region
- Ecuador
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 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 7.5 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 144°
- Stations used
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 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 us6000itvu. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC.