M5.0 earthquake 20 km WSW of Finca Blanco, Panama
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 20 km WSW of Finca Blanco, Panama on Wed, Jul 4, 1979, 3:30 PM EST (20:30 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.4 4 km ESE of Ciudad Cortés, Costa Rica. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (ms), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-07-04 20:30:53 UTC
- Depth
- 23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 8.333° N, 83.058° 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
- 112
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.117 km W of Finca Blanco, Panama · 17253 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.317 km S of Golfito, Costa Rica · 17250 days ago · 47 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.715 km W of Finca Blanco, Panama · 17250 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.728 km SSW of Golfito, Costa Rica · 17250 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.919 km SSE of Golfito, Costa Rica · 17243 days ago · 36 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.032 km SSW of Golfito, Costa Rica · 17241 days ago · 43 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.341 km W of Limones, Panama · 17241 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.720 km S of Golfito, Costa Rica · 17240 days ago · 41 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.526 km W of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 17239 days ago · 51 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.326 km SSE of Punta de Burica, Panama · 17239 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.738 km SSW of Golfito, Costa Rica · 17228 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.211 km W of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 17223 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.64 km WNW of Rovira Arriba, Panama · 17216 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 6.44 km ESE of Ciudad Cortés, Costa Rica · 17203 days ago · 40 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 4.61 km WNW of La Esperanza, Panama · 17254 days ago · 28 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.927 km W of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 17255 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.012 km NW of Limones, Panama · 17255 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.811 km WSW of Finca Blanco, Panama · 17255 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.67 km SW of Cordillera, Panama · 17256 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.611 km WSW of Finca Blanco, Panama · 17256 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.217 km W of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 17256 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.61 km NNW of Sortova, Panama · 17256 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.04 km E of Finca Blanco, Panama · 17256 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.928 km W of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 17256 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 6.59 km WNW of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 17256 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.445 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama · 17257 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.01 km W of Limones, Panama · 17277 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00011qd. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:34 AM UTC.