Ecuador
Open on the live globe ↗Brief · 17 September 2026
An M4.5 earthquake struck Ecuador on 15 September 2026 at a depth of 156 km, with population exposure modelling estimating 1,588,763 people in the affected area, mostly at lower shaking intensity (MMI II). A separate flood event was also newly registered this week via GLOFAS monitoring, though it remains at green severity.
Earthquake An M4.5 earthquake occurred in Ecuador on 15 September 2026 at a depth of 156 km. USGS/GDACS data, via NEIC, put population exposure at roughly 1.59 million people, with about 1.6 million within the MMI II shaking zone.
Flood A flood event in Ecuador was newly identified through GLOFAS monitoring, currently rated at green severity with only one ingest recorded so far.
- An M4.5 earthquake in Ecuador, first tracked on 16 September 2026, is a newly identified event.
- A flood in Ecuador, first tracked on 17 September 2026, is a newly identified event.
Summarised from Hazardly's tracked events for the seven days to 17 September 2026 · no external sources. Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 17 Sept, 20:41 UTC, not reviewed by a person before publication. Outbreak lines name the disease and country only; WHO's bulletin text is on each outbreak's event page.
Events · last 7 days · 2
- EarthquakeEarthquake in Ecuador16 Sept, 03:45 UTC
Below the significance bar
- FloodFlood in EcuadorNew17 Sept, 10:54 UTC
Seven days of source changes
Revisions · 2 events also first tracked this week
No revisions this week — earthquakes are logged once and never revised; storms, fires, volcanoes and outbreaks record every source update.
Countries · by trend
20| Country | Active | Worst | Trend | Changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 65 | RED | steady9 escalating · 21 steady · 35 new | 2h ago |
| Bolivia | 8 | RED | steady3 steady · 4 new | 2h ago |
| Colombia | 9 | RED | new2 new | 3h ago |
| Ecuador | 2 | RED | new1 new | 23h ago |
| Venezuela | 3 | ORANGE | new2 new | 16h ago |
| El Salvador | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 4d ago |
| Nicaragua | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 4d ago |
| Mexico | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 4d ago |
| Haiti | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 4d ago |
| Honduras | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 4d ago |
| Guatemala | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 4d ago |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 4d ago |
and 8 more
Trend compares each event’s own source-reported measure across Hazardly’s last two ingests. It measures reported change, not impact: a fire whose satellite coverage improved overnight can read as escalating, and a storm can weaken while its damage is still unfolding.
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