Just 8 minutes ago, a 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Ibarra, Provincia de Imbabura, Ecuador. The tremor was recorded in the evening on Monday, April 20th, 2026, at 9:22 pm local time, at an intermediate depth of 104.20 km below the surface.The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 5.5 earthquake as well. A third agency, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), reported the same quake at magnitude 5.5.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 Atuntaqui (pop. 17,500) located 5 km from the epicenter, Ibarra (pop. 221,100) 6 km away, Cotacachi (pop. 8,200) 11 km away, Otavalo (pop. 32,300) 15 km away, Pimampiro (pop. 7,400) 27 km away, Cayambe (pop. 26,600) 33 km away, Pomasqui (pop. 28,700) 54 km away, Quito (pop. 2,781,600) 74 km away, and Ipiales (pop. 77,700) 80 km away.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: Apr 20, 2026 09:22 pm (Guayaquil time) local time (21 Apr 2026 02:22 GMT)Magnitude: 5.5Depth: 104.20 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 0.34°N / 78.18°W (Ibarra, Provincia de Imbabura, Ecuador)Primary data source: EMSC