M4.6 earthquake 67 km SSE of Burica, Panama
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 67 km SSE of Burica, Panama on Sun, Jul 25, 2021, 10:48 PM EST (03:48 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 71 km SSE 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
- 2021-07-26 03:48:10 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 7.442° N, 82.736° W
- Region
- Panama
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person 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 6.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 161°
- Stations used
- 102
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2111 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1883 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.557 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1867 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.585 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1864 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.3105 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1846 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.271 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1830 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 5
Before
- 5.155 km S of Burica, Panama · 1892 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 4
- 4.691 km S of Burica, Panama · 1892 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 4
- 4.970 km S of Burica, Panama · 1892 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
- 4.629 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1892 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
- 6.771 km S of Burica, Panama · 1892 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 235 · tsunami flag
- 4.4104 km S of Burica, Panama · 1895 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.6102 km S of Burica, Panama · 1895 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
- 4.296 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1896 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 6.1135 km S of Burica, Panama · 1896 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 101
- 4.2130 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1896 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.5138 km SSE of Punta de Burica, Panama · 1918 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000ez2j. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 7:03 AM UTC.