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Earthquakes in Ecuador: live activity, map and history

Explore recent and historical earthquakes in Ecuador, with live USGS-derived data, magnitude and depth statistics, regional hubs and an interactive globe.

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Events725
24h0
30 days3
12 months25
LargestM 7.8
avg_depth49.9 km
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Ecuador

A high index means recent activity is high relative to the selected historical baseline. It does not mean that a larger earthquake is about to occur.

Quake Pulse Activity Index9/100Low
Current 30 days0
Historical monthly median2.0
Historical percentileP9
M5+ in 30 days0
M6+ in 30 days0
Activity trendbelow the historical median (-100%)
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A compact comparison of recent activity using pre-calculated periods.

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Last 7 days2M4.5+ 0 · M6+ 0Max M 4.3
Last 30 days3M4.5+ 1 · M6+ 0Max M 4.5
Last 365 days25M4.5+ 21 · M6+ 0Max M 5.5
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Recent activity vs baseline

Counts describe detected earthquakes and are not a forecast or hazard assessment.

M4.5+ · 30d1
Monthly reference1.8
Relative activity×0.6
Historical maximumM 7.8

Strongest in 30 days : M 4.5 · 17 km WNW of Palora, Ecuador

Recent earthquakes — Ecuador

30 days · Times shown in UTC.

3 events

Seismic activity

Ecuador · 30 days

Magnitude distribution

Ecuador · 30 days

Country activity: Ecuador

Quake Pulse groups events assigned to Ecuador from coordinate-based country boundaries, with a cautious text fallback for offshore events. The page combines recent activity with the historical catalogue so a short-lived sequence can be read in context.

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Reference localities

Locality hubs are inferred from recurring USGS reference-place descriptions.

Puerto Ayora55 USGS referencesPalora54 USGS referencesBahía de Caráquez38 USGS referencesEsmeraldas32 USGS referencesMuisne28 USGS referencesPuyo25 USGS referencesPuerto Villamil24 USGS referencesSalinas23 USGS referencesManta17 USGS referencesTena16 USGS referencesJipijapa16 USGS referencesBaláo15 USGS referencesSucúa14 USGS referencesMontecristi14 USGS referencesPedernales12 USGS referencesLa Troncal11 USGS references

Recent local earthquakes

Times shown in UTC.

MagnitudeLocationDepthTime
M 4.323 km E of Palora, Ecuador162.4 km2026-10-07 16:06:06 UTCView event →
M 4.342 km WNW of Puerto Bolívar, Ecuador42.9 km2026-10-04 08:57:21 UTCView event →
M 4.517 km WNW of Palora, Ecuador155.8 km2026-09-15 23:45:06 UTCView event →
M 4.114 km NNE of Machala, Ecuador47.6 km2026-08-27 17:23:23 UTCView event →
M 4.019 km W of Manta, Ecuador10.0 km2026-08-11 18:05:33 UTCView event →
M 4.7256 km NNW of Puerto Ayora, Ecuador10.0 km2026-07-31 16:04:11 UTCView event →
M 4.5279 km N of Puerto Ayora, Ecuador10.0 km2026-07-15 10:59:31 UTCView event →
M 4.651 km WSW of Playas, Ecuador39.3 km2026-07-09 23:42:59 UTCView event →
M 4.575 km ESE of Sucúa, Ecuador118.7 km2026-05-23 08:44:52 UTCView event →
M 4.624 km NE of La Troncal, Ecuador97.2 km2026-05-06 22:06:49 UTCView event →
M 5.24 km N of Cotacachi, Ecuador123.7 km2026-04-21 02:22:20 UTCView event →
M 4.5off the coast of Ecuador10.0 km2026-04-20 21:59:56 UTCView event →
M 4.619 km ESE of Palora, Ecuador165.5 km2026-04-10 14:15:32 UTCView event →
M 4.938 km W of Santa Lucía, Ecuador57.2 km2026-04-04 12:23:29 UTCView event →
M 4.7215 km N of Puerto Ayora, Ecuador10.0 km2026-02-19 17:34:41 UTCView event →
M 4.9231 km N of Puerto Ayora, Ecuador10.0 km2026-02-19 17:17:22 UTCView event →
M 4.752 km ESE of Macas, Ecuador126.0 km2026-02-12 21:52:58 UTCView event →
M 4.9Galapagos Islands, Ecuador region9.8 km2026-02-04 11:08:19 UTCView event →
M 4.629 km N of Alausí, Ecuador8.2 km2026-01-03 08:46:48 UTCView event →
M 5.122 km NW of Archidona, Ecuador10.0 km2025-12-19 21:59:54 UTCView event →
M 4.511 km SW of Palora, Ecuador155.6 km2025-12-14 20:23:42 UTCView event →
M 4.5off the coast of Ecuador10.0 km2025-11-30 05:34:27 UTCView event →
M 4.790 km NW of Puerto Villamil, Ecuador10.0 km2025-11-17 05:06:08 UTCView event →
M 4.538 km SE of Tena, Ecuador186.9 km2025-11-06 23:11:15 UTCView event →
M 5.519 km WNW of Piñas, Ecuador77.1 km2025-10-22 00:05:44 UTCView event →
M 4.913 km ENE of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador34.0 km2025-09-19 22:33:06 UTCView event →
M 4.618 km WSW of Jipijapa, Ecuador39.9 km2025-09-19 01:49:50 UTCView event →
M 4.760 km SW of Jipijapa, Ecuador10.0 km2025-09-16 03:54:49 UTCView event →
M 4.858 km NNW of Salinas, Ecuador10.0 km2025-09-13 23:59:55 UTCView event →
M 5.444 km NNW of Salinas, Ecuador3.1 km2025-09-05 17:42:32 UTCView event →
M 5.316 km E of Puyo, Ecuador161.8 km2025-09-03 14:56:45 UTCView event →
M 4.9134 km NNW of Esmeraldas, Ecuador10.0 km2025-08-25 18:10:57 UTCView event →
M 4.821 km NNW of Cañar, Ecuador94.4 km2025-08-24 10:50:32 UTCView event →
M 4.624 km ESE of Machachi, Ecuador10.0 km2025-08-16 10:47:02 UTCView event →
M 4.611 km SSW of Esmeraldas, Ecuador42.7 km2025-07-08 17:36:09 UTCView event →
M 4.73 km WSW of Santa Lucía, Ecuador61.6 km2025-06-27 06:31:53 UTCView event →
M 5.28 km NW of Naranjal, Ecuador50.0 km2025-06-21 19:18:48 UTCView event →
M 5.044 km ENE of San Miguel de Salcedo, Ecuador10.0 km2025-06-17 02:46:26 UTCView event →
M 4.635 km W of Jipijapa, Ecuador10.0 km2025-06-14 03:31:36 UTCView event →
M 4.537 km NNW of Archidona, Ecuador1.7 km2025-05-03 14:50:14 UTCView event →
M 6.319 km NE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador18.0 km2025-04-25 11:44:52 UTCView event →
M 4.8off the coast of Ecuador10.0 km2025-03-19 05:04:25 UTCView event →
M 5.348 km SE of Tena, Ecuador191.9 km2025-03-08 05:37:41 UTCView event →
M 4.835 km SE of Tena, Ecuador10.0 km2025-02-23 07:25:17 UTCView event →
M 4.9off the coast of Ecuador10.0 km2025-02-14 14:21:16 UTCView event →
M 5.2off the coast of Ecuador10.0 km2025-02-14 06:39:49 UTCView event →
M 4.5Galapagos Islands, Ecuador region10.0 km2025-02-07 16:14:58 UTCView event →
M 4.6off the coast of Ecuador10.0 km2025-02-07 13:17:32 UTCView event →
M 4.926 km SW of Palora, Ecuador147.7 km2025-02-05 08:21:34 UTCView event →
M 4.621 km S of Santa Rosa, Ecuador70.9 km2025-02-04 07:45:13 UTCView event →
M 4.537 km WNW of Archidona, Ecuador10.0 km2025-02-01 11:27:31 UTCView event →
M 4.738 km WNW of Archidona, Ecuador10.0 km2025-02-01 11:05:50 UTCView event →
M 5.532 km W of Archidona, Ecuador8.0 km2025-01-31 23:02:28 UTCView event →
M 5.016 km SE of Eloy Alfaro, Ecuador90.6 km2025-01-13 02:20:54 UTCView event →
M 4.785 km ESE of Palora, Ecuador161.5 km2025-01-07 03:37:29 UTCView event →
M 5.158 km E of Puyo, Ecuador190.8 km2024-11-08 10:37:42 UTCView event →
M 4.648 km S of La Libertad, Ecuador35.0 km2024-10-01 09:17:15 UTCView event →
M 4.548 km S of La Libertad, Ecuador35.0 km2024-10-01 09:07:36 UTCView event →
M 4.698 km ESE of Palora, Ecuador144.0 km2024-06-18 17:11:01 UTCView event →
M 4.541 km SE of Palora, Ecuador13.7 km2024-06-16 17:32:12 UTCView event →
M 5.13 km S of Piñas, Ecuador84.2 km2024-05-21 02:43:10 UTCView event →
M 4.831 km ESE of San Gabriel, Ecuador8.0 km2024-05-06 15:32:31 UTCView event →
M 4.932 km ESE of San Gabriel, Ecuador4.8 km2024-05-06 15:17:03 UTCView event →
M 4.6off the coast of Ecuador10.0 km2024-05-04 19:48:42 UTCView event →
M 4.7off the coast of Ecuador10.0 km2024-05-04 19:47:07 UTCView event →
M 4.545 km SW of Jipijapa, Ecuador19.1 km2024-04-14 10:58:42 UTCView event →
M 4.5off the coast of Ecuador10.0 km2024-04-03 07:17:55 UTCView event →
M 5.1off the coast of Ecuador10.0 km2024-04-03 02:02:05 UTCView event →
M 4.554 km WNW of Manta, Ecuador10.0 km2024-03-13 08:26:38 UTCView event →
M 4.6190 km NNW of Puerto Ayora, Ecuador10.0 km2024-03-13 04:20:12 UTCView event →
M 4.614 km NNE of Pedernales, Ecuador24.4 km2024-02-25 07:27:03 UTCView event →
M 4.649 km W of Manta, Ecuador10.0 km2024-02-24 19:12:56 UTCView event →
M 5.0142 km ENE of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Ecuador10.0 km2024-02-19 23:26:19 UTCView event →
M 4.835 km E of Palora, Ecuador166.5 km2024-02-15 06:45:34 UTCView event →
M 4.6104 km WSW of Salinas, Ecuador10.0 km2024-01-08 13:06:56 UTCView event →
M 4.6113 km W of Salinas, Ecuador10.0 km2024-01-08 12:59:52 UTCView event →
M 4.552 km W of Jipijapa, Ecuador10.0 km2024-01-06 01:03:31 UTCView event →
M 5.186 km ESE of Palora, Ecuador155.5 km2023-11-25 12:59:52 UTCView event →
M 4.7108 km E of Macas, Ecuador12.8 km2023-11-22 17:45:03 UTCView event →
M 4.727 km SSE of Tena, Ecuador189.0 km2023-11-18 06:35:49 UTCView event →
M 4.515 km WSW of La Troncal, Ecuador22.0 km2023-11-15 12:20:41 UTCView event →
M 4.526 km WNW of Playas, Ecuador37.9 km2023-11-12 08:26:50 UTCView event →
M 5.05 km NNW of La Maná, Ecuador25.0 km2023-11-07 03:33:46 UTCView event →
M 4.59 km W of Cuenca, Ecuador85.4 km2023-10-13 04:00:14 UTCView event →
M 4.6off the coast of Ecuador10.0 km2023-10-09 20:41:05 UTCView event →
M 4.88 km NNE of El Ángel, Ecuador10.0 km2023-10-05 20:55:06 UTCView event →
M 4.522 km WSW of Valdez, Ecuador48.3 km2023-09-26 19:25:02 UTCView event →
M 4.635 km E of Puyo, Ecuador183.8 km2023-08-31 09:38:11 UTCView event →
M 4.620 km NE of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador40.1 km2023-08-29 21:31:30 UTCView event →
M 5.46 km N of Machala, Ecuador40.4 km2023-08-21 05:24:12 UTCView event →
M 4.5132 km NNW of Alianza Cristiana, Peru148.6 km2023-08-14 10:59:51 UTCView event →
M 4.824 km SSW of Palora, Ecuador140.5 km2023-07-28 01:38:25 UTCView event →
M 4.55 km WNW of Oyambarillo, Ecuador12.9 km2023-07-15 18:29:21 UTCView event →
M 5.03 km ESE of Muisne, Ecuador35.0 km2023-06-27 14:07:27 UTCView event →
M 5.136 km NE of Archidona, Ecuador26.6 km2023-06-18 09:10:28 UTCView event →
M 4.5211 km NNW of Puerto Ayora, Ecuador10.0 km2023-05-31 11:02:25 UTCView event →
M 5.3246 km N of Puerto Ayora, Ecuador10.0 km2023-05-31 10:55:17 UTCView event →
M 4.534 km NW of Baláo, Ecuador55.0 km2023-05-21 07:44:39 UTCView event →
M 4.55 km NW of Paján, Ecuador49.2 km2023-05-13 18:59:37 UTCView event →
M 4.5Colombia-Ecuador border region10.0 km2023-05-12 06:06:16 UTCView event →
M 5.28 km W of Azogues, Ecuador90.3 km2023-05-08 00:51:55 UTCView event →
M 5.210 km NNW of Baláo, Ecuador68.9 km2023-04-25 05:36:00 UTCView event →
M 4.5Ecuador177.2 km2023-04-02 12:32:42 UTCView event →
M 6.814 km NNW of Baláo, Ecuador68.0 km2023-03-18 17:12:52 UTCView event →
M 5.162 km WNW of Salinas, Ecuador22.8 km2023-02-01 21:14:57 UTCView event →
M 4.64 km SW of El Triunfo, Ecuador76.3 km2023-01-26 03:16:21 UTCView event →
M 4.8off the coast of Ecuador10.0 km2023-01-19 17:43:41 UTCView event →
M 4.6off the coast of Ecuador10.0 km2023-01-19 17:25:25 UTCView event →
M 4.7off the coast of Ecuador10.0 km2022-12-21 20:44:28 UTCView event →
M 4.542 km WNW of Valdez, Ecuador44.0 km2022-12-17 15:57:56 UTCView event →
M 4.7near the coast of Ecuador25.0 km2022-12-17 09:49:19 UTCView event →
M 5.343 km NW of Valdez, Ecuador12.7 km2022-12-17 09:46:31 UTCView event →
M 4.544 km ENE of Chone, Ecuador86.5 km2022-12-09 03:24:34 UTCView event →
M 4.623 km SSE of Muisne, Ecuador47.2 km2022-12-02 15:44:38 UTCView event →
M 4.586 km NW of Puerto Villamil, Ecuador10.0 km2022-12-02 04:29:53 UTCView event →
M 4.5near the coast of Ecuador32.9 km2022-11-24 19:36:48 UTCView event →
M 5.028 km SSW of Palora, Ecuador138.9 km2022-11-17 04:19:50 UTCView event →
M 4.542 km ENE of Palora, Ecuador180.5 km2022-11-16 05:55:22 UTCView event →
M 4.634 km E of Palora, Ecuador181.8 km2022-10-19 21:55:23 UTCView event →
M 4.5off the coast of Ecuador10.0 km2022-10-17 08:08:40 UTCView event →
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