M4.7 earthquake 38 km SW of Jaqué, Panama
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 38 km SW of Jaqué, Panama on Wed, Jul 14, 1976, 2:06 PM GMT-5 (19:06 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 14 km SSE of Jaqué, Panama. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-07-14 19:06:27 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 7.317° N, 78.449° W
- Region
- Panama
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.314 km SSE of Jaqué, Panama · 18332 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.133 km SW of Jaqué, Panama · 18332 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.615 km NW of Juradó, Colombia · 18331 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.919 km NNW of Juradó, Colombia · 18330 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.125 km W of Juradó, Colombia · 18330 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.290 km SSW of Jaqué, Panama · 18329 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.7Panama · 18328 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.115 km WSW of Jaqué, Panama · 18326 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.127 km SW of Jaqué, Panama · 18324 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.917 km N of Jaqué, Panama · 18324 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.753 km WSW of Jaqué, Panama · 18318 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.242 km WSW of Juradó, Colombia · 18318 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.226 km E of Jaqué, Panama · 18312 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.429 km E of Jaqué, Panama · 18312 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.418 km ENE of Jaqué, Panama · 18310 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.420 km E of Jaqué, Panama · 18308 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.041 km N of Juradó, Colombia · 18298 days ago · 46 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.619 km ESE of Jaqué, Panama · 18294 days ago · 48 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.825 km ESE of Jaqué, Panama · 18280 days ago · 26 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 5.131 km S of Jaqué, Panama · 18332 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.334 km S of Jaqué, Panama · 18332 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.929 km NE of Jaqué, Panama · 18333 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.624 km SE of Jaqué, Panama · 18333 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.730 km ENE of Jaqué, Panama · 18334 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.84 km NNW of Jaqué, Panama · 18334 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.86 km N of Jaqué, Panama · 18334 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.223 km NNE of Jaqué, Panama · 18334 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.217 km SSE of Jaqué, Panama · 18334 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.829 km SW of Jaqué, Panama · 18334 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.925 km SSW of Jaqué, Panama · 18334 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.635 km SW of Jaqué, Panama · 18334 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.335 km SSW of Jaqué, Panama · 18334 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.821 km NW of Juradó, Colombia · 18334 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.528 km WNW of Juradó, Colombia · 18334 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.526 km NNW of Juradó, Colombia · 18335 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.023 km SE of Jaqué, Panama · 18335 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.817 km NNW of Juradó, Colombia · 18335 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.514 km NNE of Jaqué, Panama · 18335 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.828 km NNE of Jaqué, Panama · 18335 days ago · 34 km deep · 64 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000hbq. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:28 PM UTC.