M4.6 earthquake 5 km SSE of La Esperanza, Panama
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 5 km SSE of La Esperanza, Panama on Mon, Aug 26, 2002, 4:49 PM EST (21:49 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 5 km ESE of Puerto Armuelles, 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
- 2002-08-26 21:49:56 UTC
- Depth
- 42.3 km (26.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 8.365° N, 82.769° 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
- 114
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.68 km NNE of Limones, Panama · 8799 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.85 km ESE of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 8798 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.04 km NW of El Palmar, Panama · 8782 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.33 km NW of Manaca Norte, Panama · 8772 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.05 km WNW of El Palmar, Panama · 8771 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.725 km SW of El Silencio, Panama · 8771 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.33 km SSW of Limones, Panama · 8770 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
Before
- 4.25 km E of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 8802 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.114 km SSE of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8805 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.527 km WSW of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 8805 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.38 km S of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 8806 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.216 km SW of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8817 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
- 6.020 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8818 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.45 km N of Limones, Panama · 8822 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.84 km ESE of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 8823 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.233 km SSE of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8824 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.816 km SW of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8825 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.014 km SSW of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8825 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.738 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8825 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.316 km SSE of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8825 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.60 km NNE of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 8826 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.211 km NE of Limones, Panama · 8826 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.40 km SSE of Limones, Panama · 8826 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 6.514 km SE of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8826 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bapq. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:29 PM UTC.