M5.1 earthquake 33 km SW of Jaqué, Panama
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 33 km SW of Jaqué, Panama on Thu, Jul 15, 1976, 12:00 AM GMT-5 (05:00 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 42 km WSW of Juradó, Colombia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-07-15 05:00:35 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 7.276° N, 78.342° 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
- 119
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.615 km NW of Juradó, Colombia · 18330 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.919 km NNW of Juradó, Colombia · 18330 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.125 km W of Juradó, Colombia · 18329 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 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 · 59 km away
- 5.115 km WSW of Jaqué, Panama · 18325 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.127 km SW of Jaqué, Panama · 18324 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.917 km N of Jaqué, Panama · 18324 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.753 km WSW of Jaqué, Panama · 18317 days ago · 23 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.242 km WSW of Juradó, Colombia · 18317 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.226 km E of Jaqué, Panama · 18312 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.429 km E of Jaqué, Panama · 18311 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.418 km ENE of Jaqué, Panama · 18309 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.420 km E of Jaqué, Panama · 18307 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.041 km N of Juradó, Colombia · 18298 days ago · 46 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.534 km SE of Juradó, Colombia · 18294 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.619 km ESE of Jaqué, Panama · 18293 days ago · 48 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.825 km ESE of Jaqué, Panama · 18279 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
Before
- 5.314 km SSE of Jaqué, Panama · 18331 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.738 km SW of Jaqué, Panama · 18332 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.131 km S of Jaqué, Panama · 18332 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.334 km S of Jaqué, Panama · 18332 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.929 km NE of Jaqué, Panama · 18332 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.624 km SE of Jaqué, Panama · 18332 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.730 km ENE of Jaqué, Panama · 18333 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.84 km NNW of Jaqué, Panama · 18333 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.86 km N of Jaqué, Panama · 18333 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.223 km NNE of Jaqué, Panama · 18333 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.217 km SSE of Jaqué, Panama · 18333 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.829 km SW of Jaqué, Panama · 18334 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.925 km SSW of Jaqué, Panama · 18334 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.635 km SW of Jaqué, Panama · 18334 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.335 km SSW of Jaqué, Panama · 18334 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.821 km NW of Juradó, Colombia · 18334 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.528 km WNW of Juradó, Colombia · 18334 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.526 km NNW of Juradó, Colombia · 18334 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.023 km SE of Jaqué, Panama · 18334 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.817 km NNW of Juradó, Colombia · 18334 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000hc0. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:42 AM UTC.