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M4.9 Earthquake near 26 km SW of Palora, Ecuador

UTC time: 2025-02-05 08:21:34 UTC Local time: —
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Magnitude
M4.9
Depth
147.7 km
Source
USGS

26 km SW of Palora, Ecuador

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About this earthquake

On February 5, 2025 at 08:21 UTC, a magnitude M4.9 earthquake occurred near 26 km SW of Palora, Ecuador. The earthquake originated at an intermediate depth of about 148 km. Tremors of this size are distinctly felt and can occasionally cause light damage.

The data is provided by USGS and cross-checked across seismological networks.

Details

ID
df065cf75d118cd5d17cfcb9a3c5cb7641ad2c49
Magnitude
M4.9
Depth
147.7 km
UTC time
2025-02-05 08:21:34 UTC
Local time
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Country
—
Source
usgs
Coordinates
-1.87300, -78.12680

Depth profile

Depth profile Depth: 147.7 km (Intermediate) Surface Shallow Intermediate Deep 0 km 70 km 300 km 700 km 147.7 km
Intermediate
147.7 km
Why depth matters

Intermediate-depth quakes are felt across a wider area but usually cause less surface damage.

Depth classes per USGS

Volcanoes nearby

  • Sangay Activity reported
    Distance: 28 km ·Stratovolcano ·Elevation: 5'286 m ·Last eruption: 2026 ·Ecuador
  • Licto
    Distance: 55 km ·Pyroclastic cone(s) ·Elevation: 3'322 m ·Ecuador
  • Tungurahua
    Distance: 57 km ·Stratovolcano ·Elevation: 5'023 m ·Last eruption: 2016 ·Ecuador
  • Chimborazo
    Distance: 89 km ·Stratovolcano ·Elevation: 6'261 m ·Last eruption: 550 ·Ecuador
  • Cotopaxi
    Distance: 137 km ·Stratovolcano ·Elevation: 5'911 m ·Last eruption: 2023 ·Ecuador
  • Quilotoa
    Distance: 142 km ·Caldera ·Elevation: 3'914 m ·Last eruption: 1280 ·Ecuador

Radius · 50 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Coronel E Carvajal AirportEcuador · XMS · SEMC
    47.4 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-10-05

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts. Distances use recorded site coordinates. Sources & data dates

No unambiguous area assignment

Context for this earthquake

This event has no unambiguous country assignment in the analysed catalogue. It is therefore not assigned to a regional profile.

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