Earthquakes in Ecuador

Ecuador appears infrequently in the record, with just 1 events in the past 30 days, and 13 of the events on record reached magnitude 5 or above — the level at which damage becomes a genuine concern for vulnerable construction. Ecuador sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, and the depth distribution below shows the subducting slab beneath it directly.

64 earthquakes have been recorded in Ecuador in our catalogue, 1 of them in the past 30 days.

The average magnitude is 4.7 and the average focal depth 67 km. 64 events reached magnitude 4 or above and 13 reached magnitude 5 or above.

The strongest earthquake recorded in Ecuador in this period was a magnitude 6.3 event near Esmeraldas, Ecuador on 25 April 2025, at a depth of 35 km. A magnitude 6.3 earthquake radiates roughly 42,502 tons of TNT equivalent in seismic energy.

Locations recording the most events include Archidona (8), Palora (6), Tena (4), Puyo (4), Puerto Ayora (3).

64% of events here are shallow (under 70 km), 36% intermediate (70–300 km) and 0% deep-focus (over 300 km). A substantial share of intermediate-depth events points to a subducting slab beneath the region rather than purely crustal faulting.

The deepest event on record here was a magnitude 4.4 earthquake at 218 km beneath Tena, Ecuador on 15 March 2026.

By band, the catalogue holds 51 in the magnitude 4 range, 12 in the magnitude 5 range, 1 in the magnitude 6 range.

The busiest single day was 17 November 2025, with 2 recorded events.

No event in this record carries a USGS link to NOAA tsunami information.