M4.5 earthquake 85 km SSE of Burica, Panama
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 85 km SSE of Burica, Panama on Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 5:06 AM EST (10:06 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-19 10:06:23 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 7.291° N, 82.662° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 158°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3105 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1843 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.271 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1828 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 5
- 4.3132 km S of Burica, Panama · 1802 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
Before
- 4.557 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1865 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.2111 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1880 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.667 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1886 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 5.155 km S of Burica, Panama · 1889 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 4
- 4.691 km S of Burica, Panama · 1890 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 4
- 4.970 km S of Burica, Panama · 1890 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
- 4.629 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1890 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 6.771 km S of Burica, Panama · 1890 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 235 · tsunami flag
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000f8an. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:33 PM UTC.