M4.6 earthquake 210 km SSE of Burica, Panama
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 210 km SSE of Burica, Panama on Fri, Jul 16, 2021, 2:37 AM EST (07:37 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 135 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
- 2021-07-16 07:37:54 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 6.176° N, 82.476° 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 IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 9.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 154°
- Stations used
- 49
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2130 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1894 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 6.1135 km S of Burica, Panama · 1894 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 101
- 4.2111 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1881 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000emg2 (also filed as iscgem620831715). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 5:18 AM UTC.