M4.4 earthquake 5 km N of Limones, Panama
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 5 km N of Limones, Panama on Sat, Aug 3, 2002, 4:50 PM EST (21:50 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 20 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (md), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-08-03 21:50:12 UTC
- Depth
- 10.2 km (6.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 8.149° N, 82.874° 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
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.020 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8813 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.216 km SW of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8812 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.38 km S of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 8801 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.527 km WSW of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 8800 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.114 km SSE of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8800 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.25 km E of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 8797 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.65 km SSE of La Esperanza, Panama · 8794 days ago · 42 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.68 km NNE of Limones, Panama · 8794 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.85 km ESE of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 8793 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.04 km NW of El Palmar, Panama · 8777 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.33 km NW of Manaca Norte, Panama · 8767 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.05 km WNW of El Palmar, Panama · 8766 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.33 km SSW of Limones, Panama · 8765 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
Before
- 5.84 km ESE of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 8818 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.233 km SSE of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8819 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.816 km SW of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8820 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.014 km SSW of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8820 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.738 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8820 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.316 km SSE of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8821 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.60 km NNE of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 8821 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.211 km NE of Limones, Panama · 8821 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.40 km SSE of Limones, Panama · 8821 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 6.514 km SE of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8821 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.63 km WSW of Finca Blanco, Panama · 8825 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b994. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:26 PM UTC.