Latest quakes near Cotopaxi volcano since 2015 - list, stats and map

Updated: Apr 26, 2024 09:16 GMT - refresh

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There were no significant confirmed earthquakes near Cotopaxi volcano in the past 7 days.

Since 2015, Cotopaxi volcano has had 17 quakes of magnitudes above 3 and up to 4.5:

2 quakes above magnitude 4
15 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4

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Showing all recent or significant quakes since 2015, magnitude 0 or higher, within up to 30 km (19 mi) distance (17 quakes):

Latest quakes near Cotopaxi volcano since 2015 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Distance	Location	Details
Mar 17, 2023 11:04 am (Guayaquil)	3.7 5 km	29 km (18 mi) to the NW	Ecuador	Info
Mar 17, 2023 01:11 am (Guayaquil)	4.0 5 km	28 km (18 mi) to the NW	Ecuador 3 reports	Info
Thursday, September 23, 2021 GMT (1 quake)
Sep 22, 2021 08:56 pm (Guayaquil)	3.3 4 km	14 km (8.4 mi) to the N	Ecuador - Pichincha, A 26.5 Km De Sangolqui 1 report	Info
Friday, October 30, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Oct 30, 2020 01:16 am (Guayaquil)	3.0 9 km	17 km (10.8 mi) to the N	8.9 km ESE of Machachi, Ecuador 2 reports	Info
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 GMT (2 quakes)
Oct 27, 2020 07:02 am (Guayaquil)	3.5 6 km	17 km (10.4 mi) to the N	34 km south of Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador 20 reports	Info
Oct 27, 2020 06:59 am (Guayaquil)	4.5 3 km	17 km (10.8 mi) to the N	34 km south of Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador 54 reports	Info
Thursday, April 16, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 16, 2020 02:24 pm (Guayaquil)	3.6 6 km	8.8 km (5.5 mi) to the E	55 km south of Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador	Info
Friday, March 18, 2016 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 17, 2016 10:37 pm (Guayaquil)	3.0 0 km	2.6 km (1.6 mi) to the S	Ecuador - Cotopaxi	Info
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 16, 2016 11:30 am (Guayaquil)	3.2 0 km	1.5 km (0.9 mi) to the S	Ecuador - Cotopaxi	Info
Saturday, February 20, 2016 GMT (1 quake)
Feb 19, 2016 10:14 pm (Guayaquil)	3.0 0 km	6.1 km (3.8 mi) to the S	Ecuador - Cotopaxi	Info
Saturday, January 23, 2016 GMT (1 quake)
Jan 22, 2016 11:30 pm (Guayaquil)	3.2 0 km	18 km (11 mi) to the S	Ecuador - Cotopaxi	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 5.2 x 10¹¹ joules (143 megawatt hours, equivalent to 123 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy

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The apparent increase in the number of quakes is not because global seismic activity has increased, but because the number of seismic networks around the world and their sensitivity to detect smaller quakes has been constantly increasing.
This is most evident if one looks at the number of smaller earthquakes (below magnitude 5). For larger quakes (magnitude 5 or more), the effect disappears after around the 1990s. Since then, the global coverage of earthquake of larger quakes has been nearly complete.

Average number of earthquakes

Based on data from the past 54 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 1.1 quakes on average per year near Cotopaxi volcano:

Mag. 5 or higher: 0.02 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 55.6 years)
Mag. 4 or higher: 0.34 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 3 years)
Mag. 3 or higher: 1.53 quakes per year
Mag. 2 or higher: 1.53 quakes per year

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Cotopaxi volcano (Ecuador) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 7 February-13 February 2024 (Continuing Activity)

IG-EPN reported that a seismic station located on the W flank recorded high-frequency seismic signals associated with the descent of small to moderate-sized lahars at 1442 and 1430 on 8 and 10 February, respectively. The public was advised to stay away from areas near the Agualongo drainage and to not approach any channels, streams, or rivers within the vicinity of Parque Nacional Cotopaxi (Cotopaxi National Park). The Secretaría de Gestión de Riesgos (SGR) maintained the Alert Level at White (the lowest level on a four-color scale). ... Read all

Wed, 24 Jan 2024, 02:30