M4.7 earthquake 15 km W of Finca Blanco, Panama
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 15 km W of Finca Blanco, Panama on Sat, Jul 7, 1979, 6:32 PM EST (23:32 UTC), 33 km (21 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-07-07 23:32:43 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 8.379° N, 83.019° 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
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.728 km SSW of Golfito, Costa Rica · 17252 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.919 km SSE of Golfito, Costa Rica · 17245 days ago · 36 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.032 km SSW of Golfito, Costa Rica · 17243 days ago · 43 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.341 km W of Limones, Panama · 17243 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.720 km S of Golfito, Costa Rica · 17243 days ago · 41 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.526 km W of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 17241 days ago · 51 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.326 km SSE of Punta de Burica, Panama · 17241 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.738 km SSW of Golfito, Costa Rica · 17230 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.211 km W of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 17225 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.64 km WNW of Rovira Arriba, Panama · 17218 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 6.44 km ESE of Ciudad Cortés, Costa Rica · 17205 days ago · 40 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 4.317 km S of Golfito, Costa Rica · 17252 days ago · 47 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.117 km W of Finca Blanco, Panama · 17255 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
- 5.020 km WSW of Finca Blanco, Panama · 17255 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.61 km WNW of La Esperanza, Panama · 17256 days ago · 28 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.927 km W of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 17257 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.012 km NW of Limones, Panama · 17257 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.811 km WSW of Finca Blanco, Panama · 17258 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.67 km SW of Cordillera, Panama · 17258 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.611 km WSW of Finca Blanco, Panama · 17258 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 5.217 km W of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 17258 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.61 km NNW of Sortova, Panama · 17258 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.04 km E of Finca Blanco, Panama · 17258 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.928 km W of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 17258 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 6.59 km WNW of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 17258 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.445 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama · 17259 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.01 km W of Limones, Panama · 17279 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00011rv (also filed as iscgem661491). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:23 AM UTC.