Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Esmeraldas
Esmeraldas, Ecuador · population 218,727. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days2M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year12M2.5+
Since 1900679M4.5+, 67 of them M6+
How often M6+2 yraverage gap between M6+ quakes
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Esmeraldas. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 8.8 1906 Ecuador-Colombia Earthquake Jan 31, 1906
- 7.8 27 km SSE of Muisne, Ecuador Apr 16, 2016
- 7.8 12 km SE of Pedernales, Ecuador May 14, 1942
- 7.7 56 km NW of Valdez, Ecuador Dec 12, 1979
- 7.6 near the coast of Ecuador Jan 19, 1958
- 7.2 3 km E of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador Aug 4, 1998
- 7.2 29 km SSE of Pimampiro, Ecuador Mar 6, 1987
- 6.9 7 km NNE of Tosagua, Ecuador Jan 16, 1956
- 6.9 24 km NW of Rosa Zarate, Ecuador May 18, 2016
- 6.9 2 km NNE of Yacuanquer, Colombia Feb 9, 2013
The latest nearby
- 4.1 33 km NE of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador Oct 14, 2026
- 4.4 22 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador Oct 13, 2026
- 4.5 99 km NNW of Mosquera, Colombia Sep 11, 2026
- 4.0 19 km W of Manta, Ecuador Aug 11, 2026
- 4.3 28 km N of Manta, Ecuador Jul 31, 2026
- 4.4 133 km NW of Mosquera, Colombia Jul 18, 2026
- 4.0 31 km WSW of Muisne, Ecuador Jun 16, 2026
- 4.1 6 km N of Chone, Ecuador Apr 23, 2026
- 5.2 4 km N of Cotacachi, Ecuador Apr 21, 2026
- 4.4 11 km WSW of Muisne, Ecuador Mar 15, 2026
- 4.2 78 km W of Pedernales, Ecuador Feb 15, 2026
- 5.1 22 km NW of Archidona, Ecuador Dec 19, 2025
- 4.4 21 km NE of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador Oct 7, 2025
- 4.3 10 km SSE of Muisne, Ecuador Oct 2, 2025
- 4.9 13 km ENE of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador Sep 19, 2025