Country risk monitor
Ecuador: live earthquakes, disasters and events
Updated · Data from USGS, NASA EONET and GDACS
In the last 30 days, GlobalRisk recorded 9 events in or near Ecuador: 9 earthquakes. Nothing new was recorded in the past 24 hours; 0 events were recorded in the past 7 days.
The strongest earthquake was M5.2 off the coast of Ecuador on 16 Oct 2026, which falls in the moderate class. Can damage poorly built structures near the epicenter, while well-designed buildings usually suffer slight damage at most. Roughly 1,300 earthquakes of this size occur worldwide each year.
Recent events in Ecuador
| When | Type | Event | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
7 days ago | Earthquake | M4.1 earthquake — 5 km SW of Azogues, Ecuador | Moderate |
9 days ago | Earthquake | M4.1 earthquake — 37 km ESE of Cañaveral, Peru | Moderate |
10 days ago | Earthquake | M4.2 earthquake — 22 km ENE of Palora, Ecuador | Moderate |
17 days ago | Earthquake | M5.2 earthquake — off the coast of Ecuador | High |
19 days ago | Earthquake | M4.8 earthquake — off the coast of Ecuador | Moderate |
19 days ago | Earthquake | M4.1 earthquake — 33 km NE of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador | Moderate |
21 days ago | Earthquake | M4.4 earthquake — 22 km NNE of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador | Moderate |
27 days ago | Earthquake | M4.3 earthquake — 23 km E of Palora, Ecuador | Moderate |
30 days ago | Earthquake | M4.3 earthquake — 42 km WNW of Puerto Bolívar, Ecuador | Moderate |
What kinds of events
Frequently asked questions
Has there been an earthquake in Ecuador today?
GlobalRisk has not recorded any earthquake of magnitude 2.5 or above in or near Ecuador in the past 24 hours. Smaller quakes are not tracked, and reports can lag by several minutes.
What is the strongest recent earthquake in Ecuador?
In the last 30 days, the strongest earthquake recorded in or near Ecuador was M5.2 (off the coast of Ecuador) on 16 Oct 2026.
Are there active disaster alerts for Ecuador?
GlobalRisk has no Orange or Red GDACS alerts for Ecuador in the last 30 days. Check local authorities for official warnings.
Where does this information come from?
Earthquakes come from the USGS, natural events from NASA EONET and disaster alerts from GDACS. GlobalRisk normalizes them, assigns each event to a country using its coordinates, and links to the original report. See the methodology page for details.
Safety and background
These guides explain how the hazards in this region are measured and what to do when they occur:
- Earthquake Safety: What to Do Before, During and After
- Earthquake Magnitude Explained: What M4, M6 and M7 Really Mean
- GDACS Alert Levels Explained: Green, Orange and Red
Nearby countries
Latest headlines
Headlines are linked from their original publishers via Google News. GlobalRisk does not host or edit this content.
- Guayaquil's 120-ton Morgan pirate ship sinks as historic rains flood nearly 100 sectors — Latin Times
- Heavy rains trigger massive flooding in Ecuador’s largest city — Al Jazeera
- UMSL students take international business lessons from the classroom to Ecuador — UMSL Blogs
- Colombia | Earthquake - Operation Update #2 (MDRCO036) — ReliefWeb
- Heavy rains leave 1 dead, 2 missing on Ecuador's Santa Cruz Island — Anadolu Ajansı
- Ecuador's Security Crisis and U.S. Relations Reassessed — Legis1
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