Panama earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 104 km S of Burica, Panama

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 104 km S of Burica, Panama on Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 1:22 PM EST (18:22 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
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2021-07-19 18:22:01 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
7.089° N, 82.785° 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 8.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
167°
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 6.771 km S of Burica, Panama · 1893 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 235 · tsunami flag
  2. 4.629 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1893 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  3. 4.970 km S of Burica, Panama · 1893 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.691 km S of Burica, Panama · 1893 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 4
  5. 5.155 km S of Burica, Panama · 1892 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
  6. 4.667 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1889 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.2111 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1884 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 4.557 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1868 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 4.585 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1865 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 4.3105 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1846 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away

Before

  1. 4.6102 km S of Burica, Panama · 1895 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.296 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1897 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 6.1135 km S of Burica, Panama · 1897 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 101
  4. 4.2130 km SSE of Burica, Panama · 1897 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 4.5138 km SSE of Punta de Burica, Panama · 1918 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000eni6. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 9:52 PM UTC.