M4.9 earthquake 70 km S of Burica, Panama
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 70 km S of Burica, Panama on Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 5:25 PM EST (22:25 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 55 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
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-21 22:25:58 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 7.401° N, 82.775° 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 II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.1 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- Stations used
- 174
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.691 km S of Burica, Panama · 1890 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 4
- 5.155 km S of Burica, Panama · 1889 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 4
- 4.667 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1886 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 4.2111 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1880 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.557 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1865 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.585 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1861 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.3105 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1843 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
Before
- 4.629 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1890 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
- 6.771 km S of Burica, Panama · 1890 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 235 · tsunami flag
- 4.4104 km S of Burica, Panama · 1892 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.6102 km S of Burica, Panama · 1892 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 4.296 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1894 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 6.1135 km S of Burica, Panama · 1894 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 101
- 4.2130 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1894 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.5138 km SSE of Punta de Burica, Panama · 1915 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000exsn. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:34 PM UTC.