M4.7 earthquake 53 km WSW of Jaqué, Panama
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 53 km WSW of Jaqué, Panama on Thu, Jul 29, 1976, 12:25 AM EST (05:25 UTC), 23 km (14 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-07-29 05:25:28 UTC
- Depth
- 23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 7.403° N, 78.638° 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.
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.242 km WSW of Juradó, Colombia · 18319 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.226 km E of Jaqué, Panama · 18314 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.429 km E of Jaqué, Panama · 18313 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.418 km ENE of Jaqué, Panama · 18311 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.420 km E of Jaqué, Panama · 18309 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.041 km N of Juradó, Colombia · 18300 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.619 km ESE of Jaqué, Panama · 18295 days ago · 48 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.825 km ESE of Jaqué, Panama · 18281 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.125 km NNE of Jaqué, Panama · 18269 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 4.917 km N of Jaqué, Panama · 18325 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.127 km SW of Jaqué, Panama · 18325 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.115 km WSW of Jaqué, Panama · 18327 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.7Panama · 18330 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.290 km SSW of Jaqué, Panama · 18331 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.125 km W of Juradó, Colombia · 18331 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.919 km NNW of Juradó, Colombia · 18331 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.615 km NW of Juradó, Colombia · 18332 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.133 km SW of Jaqué, Panama · 18333 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.314 km SSE of Jaqué, Panama · 18333 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.738 km SW of Jaqué, Panama · 18333 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.131 km S of Jaqué, Panama · 18333 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.334 km S of Jaqué, Panama · 18334 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.929 km NE of Jaqué, Panama · 18334 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.624 km SE of Jaqué, Panama · 18334 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.730 km ENE of Jaqué, Panama · 18335 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.84 km NNW of Jaqué, Panama · 18335 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.86 km N of Jaqué, Panama · 18335 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.223 km NNE of Jaqué, Panama · 18335 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.217 km SSE of Jaqué, Panama · 18335 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000hm0. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 4:04 AM UTC.