Just 8 minutes ago, a 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Volcan Chimborazo, Cantón Esmeraldas, Provincia de Esmeraldas, Ecuador. The tremor was recorded around noon on Friday 15 January 2021 at 1:45 pm local time, at a very shallow depth of 5 km below the surface. The event was filed by the Institute of Geophysics of the National Polytechnic School in Quito (IGEPN), the first seismological agency to report it. A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed it as a magnitude 4.2 earthquake as well. Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in Volcan Chimborazo (pop. 165,200) located 19 km from the epicenter. Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Muisne (pop. 13,400) located 68 km from the epicenter.
Earthquake data: Date & time: 15 Jan 2021 1:45 pm (GMT -5) local time (15 Jan 2021 18:45 GMT) Magnitude: 4.1 Depth: 2.0 km Epicenterlatitude / longitude: 1.32°N / 79.87°W (North Pacific Ocean, Ecuador) Primary data source: IGEPN
Just 7 minutes ago, a 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck near Volcan Chimborazo, Cantón Esmeraldas, Provincia de Esmeraldas, Ecuador. The tremor was recorded early morning on Friday 15 January 2021 at 5:35 am local time, at a very shallow depth of 5 km below the surface. The event was filed by the Institute of Geophysics of the National Polytechnic School in Quito (IGEPN), the first seismological agency to report it. Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in Volcan Chimborazo (pop. 165,200) located 36 km from the epicenter. VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.
Earthquake data: Date & time: 15 Jan 2021 5:35 am (GMT -5) local time (15 Jan 2021 10:35 GMT) Magnitude: 4.9 Depth: 5.0 km Epicenterlatitude / longitude: 1.26°N / 79.77°W (North Pacific Ocean, Ecuador) Primary data source: IGEPN
World map showing volcanoes with shallow (less than 20 km) earthquakes within 20 km radius during the past 24 hours on 15 Jan 2021 Number in brackets indicate nr of quakes.
Quakes detected near: Akyarlar (1 quake mag 1.1), Banahaw (1 quake mag 2.3), Buzzard Creek (1 quake mag 2.0), Canlaon (1 quake mag 3.8), Clear Lake (25 quakes between mag 0.2-1.4), Coso (2 quakes between mag 0.8-1.4) Eldey (1 quake mag 1.1), Etna (12 quakes between mag 1.3-1.7), Grímsnes (2 quakes between mag 0.5-1.2), Ilopango (1 quake mag 2.4), Kilauea (2 quakes between mag 0.5-2.6), Krísuvík (3 quakes between mag 1.0-1.1), Maroa (2 quakes between mag 1.2-2.1), Mauna Loa (3 quakes between mag 1.9-2.5), Mount St. Helens (2 quakes between mag 0.8-1.3), Ndete Napu (1 quake mag 2.4), Reykjanes (3 quakes between mag 0.5-1.6), Salton Buttes (3 quakes between mag 1.3-1.7), Snowy Mountain (1 quake mag 1.0), Tjörnes Fracture Zone (1 quake mag 1.1), Turrialba (2 quakes between mag 3.1-3.1) (updated 06h50)
Note: Earthquakes within 20 km from and at depths less than 20 km under active volcanoes are reported. The list is not complete because many volcanoes are not monitored and/or seismic data in high resolution is not available publicly.
Volcanoes with recent earthquakes above magnitude 2 or more than 10 quakes are listed below:
(North Pacific Ocean, Ecuador)
