M4.1 earthquake 14 km SSE of Punta de Burica, Panama
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Punta de Burica, Panama on Tue, Aug 20, 2002, 3:52 PM EST (20:52 UTC), 14 km (9 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
- 4.1 (md), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-08-20 20:52:31 UTC
- Depth
- 14.3 km (8.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 7.903° N, 82.831° 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
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.25 km E of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 8802 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.65 km SSE of La Esperanza, Panama · 8799 days ago · 42 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.68 km NNE of Limones, Panama · 8799 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.85 km ESE of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 8798 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.04 km NW of El Palmar, Panama · 8782 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.33 km NW of Manaca Norte, Panama · 8772 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.05 km WNW of El Palmar, Panama · 8771 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.33 km SSW of Limones, Panama · 8770 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 4.527 km WSW of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 8805 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.38 km S of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 8806 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.216 km SW of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8817 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
- 6.020 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8818 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.45 km N of Limones, Panama · 8822 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.84 km ESE of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 8822 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.233 km SSE of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8824 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.816 km SW of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8825 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.014 km SSW of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8825 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.738 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8825 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.316 km SSE of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8825 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.60 km NNE of Puerto Armuelles, Panama · 8825 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.211 km NE of Limones, Panama · 8826 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.40 km SSE of Limones, Panama · 8826 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 6.514 km SE of Punta de Burica, Panama · 8826 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.63 km WSW of Finca Blanco, Panama · 8830 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000baa4. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC.