M4.6 earthquake 19 km ESE of Jaqué, Panama
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 19 km ESE of Jaqué, Panama on Sun, Aug 22, 1976, 1:25 AM GMT-5 (06:25 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 25 km ESE 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-08-22 06:25:53 UTC
- Depth
- 48.0 km (29.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 7.420° N, 78.015° 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
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.825 km ESE of Jaqué, Panama · 18280 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.125 km NNE of Jaqué, Panama · 18268 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.817 km E of Jaqué, Panama · 18245 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.530 km WNW of Juradó, Colombia · 18239 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 4.534 km SE of Juradó, Colombia · 18294 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
- 5.041 km N of Juradó, Colombia · 18298 days ago · 46 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.420 km E of Jaqué, Panama · 18308 days ago · 23 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.418 km ENE of Jaqué, Panama · 18310 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.429 km E of Jaqué, Panama · 18312 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.226 km E of Jaqué, Panama · 18312 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.242 km WSW of Juradó, Colombia · 18317 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.753 km WSW of Jaqué, Panama · 18317 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000j02. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:41 PM UTC.