M6.1 earthquake 2 km S of Finca Blanco, Panama
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck 2 km S of Finca Blanco, Panama on Wed, Feb 4, 2004, 6:59 AM EST (11:59 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.1 (mwb), strong
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-02-04 11:59:47 UTC
- Depth
- 29.2 km (18.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 8.358° N, 82.877° W
- Region
- Panama
- Strongest shaking
- VI, strong shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Deaths and damage
From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 5757), matched to this event by time and place.
- Injuries
- 4
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- VI, strong shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 18.6% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 2.8 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 88°, dip 72°, rake -8°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 180°, dip 82°, rake -162°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 465
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.1 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.48 km SW of Golfito, Costa Rica · 8270 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.920 km WNW of Finca Blanco, Panama · 8270 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.42 km W of Finca Blanco, Panama · 8243 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.415 km W of Limones, Panama · 8222 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.229 km WNW of Limones, Panama · 8216 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ckd6 (also filed as choy20040204115947, gcmtc020404e, gcmt20040204115947, atlas20040204115946, iscgem7247563). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 8:38 PM UTC.