Panama earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 96 km SSE of Burica, Panama

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 96 km SSE of Burica, Panama on Sat, Jul 17, 2021, 8:21 PM EST (01:21 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.7 71 km S of Burica, Panama. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-07-18 01:21:38 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
7.179° N, 82.677° 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 6.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
255°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
14

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.6102 km S of Burica, Panama · 1898 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.4104 km S of Burica, Panama · 1898 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 6.771 km S of Burica, Panama · 1896 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 235 · tsunami flag
  4. 4.629 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1896 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  5. 4.970 km S of Burica, Panama · 1896 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
  6. 4.691 km S of Burica, Panama · 1895 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 4
  7. 5.155 km S of Burica, Panama · 1895 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 4
  8. 4.667 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1891 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.2111 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1886 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 4.557 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1870 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 4.585 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1867 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 4.3105 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1849 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away

Before

  1. 6.1135 km S of Burica, Panama · 1900 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 101
  2. 4.2130 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1900 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 4.5138 km SSE of Punta de Burica, Panama · 1921 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000en1m. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:12 AM UTC.