Contact | RSS | EN | DE | EL | ES | FR | IT | RU

Strong mag. 6.3 earthquake - Ecuador on Friday, 7 September 2018 - information

Strong mag. 6.3 earthquake - 24 km east of Alausi, Provincia del Chimborazo, Ecuador, on Friday, September 7, 2018 at 02:12 GMT

Strong mag. 6.3 earthquake - 24 km east of Alausi, Provincia del Chimborazo, Ecuador, on Friday, September 7, 2018 at 02:12 GMT Strong mag. 6.3 earthquake - 24 km east of Alausi, Provincia del Chimborazo, Ecuador, on Friday, September 7, 2018 at 02:12 GMT

Strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake at 112 km depth

7 Sep 02:18 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 7 minutes.
Sep 7 02:19: Magnitude recalculated from 6.4 to 6.3.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 115.0 to 112.0 km.

Earthquake details

Date & timeSep 7, 2018 02:12:06 UTC
Local time at epicenter
StatusConfirmed
Magnitude6.3
Depth112.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude2.15°S / 78.64°W (Canton Guamote, Provincia del Chimborazo, Ecuador)
Antipode2.15°N / 101.36°E
Shaking intensityModerate shaking
Felt272 reports
Primary data sourceGFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Nearest volcanoSangay (37 km / 23 mi)
Nearby towns and cities24 km (15 mi) ENE of Alausi (Chimborazo) (pop: 14,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
53 km (33 mi) S of Riobamba (Chimborazo) (pop: 124,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
82 km (51 mi) ESE of Montalvo (Los Ríos) (pop: 15,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
84 km (52 mi) ENE of La Troncal (Provincia de Cañar) (pop: 36,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
84 km (52 mi) N of Gualaceo (Azuay) (pop: 17,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
92 km (57 mi) E of Naranjito (Guayas) (pop: 34,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
92 km (57 mi) S of Pelileo (Provincia de Tungurahua) (pop: 16,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
93 km (58 mi) NNE of Cuenca (Azuay) (pop: 277,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
139 km (86 mi) E of Guayaquil (Guayas) (pop: 1,952,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
214 km (133 mi) S of Quito (Pichincha) (pop: 1,399,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
Estimated seismic energy released1.8 x 1014 joules (49.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 42502 tons of TNT or 2.7 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy
Show interactive Map
[smaller] [bigger]

Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
Mag.DepthLocationSource
6.3112 kmEcuadorGFZ
6.1120 kmEcuadorGeoAu
6.1115 kmEcuadorINGV
6.289 km ECUADOREMSC
6.294 km- 17km SSW of Alausi, EcuadorUSGS

User reports for this quake (313)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
Contribute:
Leave a comment if you find a particular report interesting or want to add to it.
Flag as inappropriate.
Mark as helpful or interesting.
Send your own user report!
Translate
Guayaquil / Very strong shaking (MMI VII) : Guayaquil 5 mins from the airport , right in front of las Pena’s  
Cuenca (508.8 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
Manta, Ec (19.4 km SSW of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : 3d floor apt rolled.  
Taxichi, Malacatos, Provincia de Loja, Ecuador (193.7 km S of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
138.5 km W of epicenter [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) (reported through our app)
138.5 km W of epicenter [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) (reported through our app)
Olmedo, Manabí (194.9 km WNW of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
CUENCA / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : Was startled in bed. Felt building sway. Went outside and waited for further shaking.  
Ambato, Tungurahua (97.7 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Slight swinging in Bahia de caraquez (reported through our app)  
Cuenca, (90.2 km SSW of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : The bed felt like someone had popped quaters in a motel bed massager. The dogs were going crazy  
Riobamba, Chimborazo (53.5 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) (reported through our app)
near Duran, Guayas (142.7 km W of epicenter) [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) (reported through our app)
near San Francisco de Quito, Pichincha (217 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) : long period (1.5 to 2 minutes) of low frequency waves felt. No shaking or rattling of objects on table  
Quito , la floresta neighbourhood / Weak shaking (MMI III) : Felt in Quito lamps swinging bed rattling  
near Rocafuerte, Manabí (254.3 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Own small hotel and all guests immediately knew it was a temblor;earthquake and evacuated rooms to common area. Mild shaking, creaking of walls, water in pool splashing over sides.  
Pichincha, Manabi (179.3 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) : At first started with light shaking, but rapidly changed to a strong one, my friend and I rushed outside of the second storey. At the street there were a lot Of people with fear  
near Santa Rosa, El Oro (222.7 km SW of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) (reported through our app)
Quito / Weak shaking (MMI III)
Cuenca / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Ambato (101.9 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)
Vilcabamba / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : Shook my bed pretty hard to the point of waking me, with long soft after shocks  
Zamora, Zamora-Chinchipe Ecuador / Light shaking (MMI IV) : I'm on the 5th story (rooftop) of an old house literally built into a mountain side here in t  
Cuenca / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
Manta / Moderate shaking (MMI V)
Cuenca / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Third floor of hotel. Windows rattled and bulged slightly along with floor and wall movement. Some panic by other guests.  
Duran, Guayas (136.1 km W of epicenter) [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI)
Quilotoa / Light shaking (MMI IV)
ecuador / Violent shaking (MMI IX) : my dog split in half  
Salinas, Ecuador / Weak shaking (MMI III) : I live in a 7 story building on the 3rd level, around 9:45 - 10:30 I felt my bed began to vibrate & the building sway, I knew it had to be an Earthquake, I then opened my bathroom doors in case I needed to take shelter  
Canoa / Very strong shaking (MMI VII) : I have a beachfront condo in Canoa. Everything shook. A part of the exhaust fan over my stove fell to the floor. Just felt a smaller.tremor. Scary  
Cuenca / Strong shaking (MMI VI) : It sounded and felt like a very unbalanced washing machine. Which is what I thou6it was until I looked over at my wife and she was swaying.  
Show more
Show more

Aftershocks

[More info]

Recorded aftershocks, latest first (5 quakes)

Date and timeMag
Depth
LocationDetails
Feb 5, 2019 09:53
4 years ago - felt
4.7

100 km
Provincia del Azuay, 27 km E of Azogues, Provincia del Cañar, EcuadorMore
Feb 3, 2019 03:03
4 years ago - felt
5.0

101 km
Provincia de Morona-Santiago, 46 km E of Azogues, Provincia del Cañar, EcuadorMore
Jan 6, 2019 11:19
4 years ago - felt
4.2

5 km
29 km E of Mariduena, EcuadorMore
Dec 31, 2018 21:30
4 years ago
4.0

10 km
22 km E of Macas, Canton Morona, Provincia de Morona-Santiago, EcuadorMore
Sep 9, 2018 13:25
5 years ago
3.5

89 km
Provincia del Cañar, 24 km W of Alausi, Provincia del Chimborazo, EcuadorMore

Earlier earthquakes in the same area

Try our free app!
Volcanoes & Earthquakes - new app for Android
Android | iOS version

Support us - Help us upgrade our services!

We truly love working to bring you the latest volcano and earthquake data from around the world. Maintaining our website and our free apps does require, however, considerable time and resources.
We need financing to increase hard- and software capacity as well as support our editor team. We're aiming to achieve uninterrupted service wherever an earthquake or volcano eruption unfolds, and your donations can make it happen! Every donation will be highly appreciated. If you find the information useful and would like to support our team in integrating further features, write great content, and in upgrading our soft- and hardware, please make a donation (PayPal or Online credit card payment).

Planned features:
  • Improved multilanguage support
  • Tsunami alerts
  • Faster responsiveness
Thanks to your past donations, these features have been added recently:
  • Design upgrade
  • Detailed quake stats
  • Additional seismic data sources
Download and Upgrade the Volcanoes & Earthquakes app to get one of the fastest seismic and volcano alerts online:
Android | IOS
Thank you!
Stop Russia's Agression - Support Ukraine
Significant parts of this website use brilliant open-source software developed by Ukrainians. Russia's unprovoked war has killed tens of thousands, displaced millions, and the beautiful country of Ukraine is being destroyed. We cannot be silent even if the topic of this website has nothing to do with politics.
If you like to support Ukraine from abroad:
Ukrainians recommend the Come Back Alive charity. For other options, see StandWithUkraine.
Sources: VolcanoDiscovery / VolcanoAdventures and other sources as noted.
Use of material: Most text and images on our websites are owned by us. Re-use is generally not permitted without authorization. Contact us for licensing rights.
Volcanoes & Earthquakes
VolcanoDiscovery Home
Volcanoes | Earthquakes | Photos | Volcano News | App
Adventure & Study Travel
Tours to Volcanoes and Volcanic Areas: walking tours, photo tours, study tours
Tours & Dates | FAQ | About us
Get our newsletter!
Company info
Contact | Legal info | Terms & conditions
Follow us
Follow us on facebook Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Twitter Visit our Youtube channel
EN | DE | EL | ES | FR | IT | RU
VolcanoDiscovery GmbH, Germany, Reg. nr.: HRB 103744, EU Tax Id: DE 310 395 322 owned and created by
Dr. Tom Pfeiffer, volcanologist, volcano photographer, tour organizer member of
IAVCEI
Volcanological Society
Ecotourism Greece
Insured by R+V
VolcanoDiscovery © 2004- All Rights Reserved | Privacy - cookie settings