M 4.6 in Ecuador on 11 Apr 2024 04:20 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1423641
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 58.6 Km
Lat/Lon: -1.9554 , -80.1003
Event Date: 11 Apr 2024 04:20 UTC
10 Apr 2024 23:20 Local
Exposed Population:
5 million in MMI III
Inserted at: 11 Apr 2024 04:47 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.3 (Ecuador)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000mbbj Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Significant 5.8 quake hits near Santa Elena, Cantón Santa Elena, Ecuad.. 4/14/2024 1:22:00 PM.

Ecuador was shaken near Santa Elena, Cantón Santa Elena, by an earthquake of magnitude 5.8 only 11 minutes ago, The Colombian Geological Service (SGC) reported. The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter near Santa Elen
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Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - 28 km southeast of Jipijapa, Manabi, Ec.. 4/14/2024 1:22:00 PM.

Ecuador was shaken near Santa Elena, Cantón Santa Elena, by an earthquake of magnitude 5.8 only 11 minutes ago, The Colombian Geological Service (SGC) reported. The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter near Santa Elen
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Strong mag. 5.1 earthquake - 29 km east of Santa Elena, Santa Elena, E.. 4/11/2024 6:34:00 AM.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Guayaquil, a city of 2 million people in Ecuador , in 83 km (51 mi) distance east of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. Many smaller tow
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),