M4.4 earthquake 20 km E of Jaqué, Panama
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 20 km E of Jaqué, Panama on Sat, Aug 7, 1976, 4:44 PM GMT-5 (21:44 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 41 km N 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-08-07 21:44:25 UTC
- Depth
- 23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 7.489° N, 77.983° 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.041 km N of Juradó, Colombia · 18298 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.534 km SE of Juradó, Colombia · 18294 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.619 km ESE of Jaqué, Panama · 18293 days ago · 48 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.825 km ESE of Jaqué, Panama · 18280 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.125 km NNE of Jaqué, Panama · 18268 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 4.418 km ENE of Jaqué, Panama · 18310 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.429 km E of Jaqué, Panama · 18312 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.226 km E of Jaqué, Panama · 18312 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.242 km WSW of Juradó, Colombia · 18317 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.753 km WSW of Jaqué, Panama · 18318 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.917 km N of Jaqué, Panama · 18324 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.127 km SW of Jaqué, Panama · 18324 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.115 km WSW of Jaqué, Panama · 18326 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.7Panama · 18328 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.125 km W of Juradó, Colombia · 18330 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.919 km NNW of Juradó, Colombia · 18330 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.615 km NW of Juradó, Colombia · 18330 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.133 km SW of Jaqué, Panama · 18332 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.314 km SSE of Jaqué, Panama · 18332 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.738 km SW of Jaqué, Panama · 18332 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.131 km S of Jaqué, Panama · 18332 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.334 km S of Jaqué, Panama · 18332 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.929 km NE of Jaqué, Panama · 18333 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.624 km SE of Jaqué, Panama · 18333 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.730 km ENE of Jaqué, Panama · 18333 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000hru. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:55 PM UTC.