M4.6 earthquake 29 km SSE of Burica, Panama
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 29 km SSE of Burica, Panama on Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 4:34 PM EST (21:34 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 70 km S of 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-21 21:34:38 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 7.772° N, 82.808° W
- Region
- Panama
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.970 km S of Burica, Panama · 1890 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
- 4.691 km S of Burica, Panama · 1890 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
- 5.155 km S of Burica, Panama · 1889 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 4
- 4.44 km SE of Finca Blanco, Panama · 1888 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 4.667 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1886 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2111 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1880 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.557 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1865 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.585 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1861 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.3105 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1843 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 6.771 km S of Burica, Panama · 1890 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 235 · tsunami flag
- 4.4104 km S of Burica, Panama · 1892 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.6102 km S of Burica, Panama · 1892 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 4.296 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1894 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000exs9. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:37 PM UTC.