MAJOR EARTHQUAKE
12 km WSW of Pitaloza Arriba, Panama
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck 12 km WSW of Pitaloza Arriba, Panama on 09 Oct 2026, 17:56 UTC. The hypocentre was 12.6 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. No felt reports have been received so far. The figures have been revised 14 times since the first report. 54 other earthquakes above our reporting threshold have been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.
- Depth
- 12.6 km
- Latitude
- 7.59°N
- Time
- 17:56 UTC
- Magnitude
- M7.7
shallow
80.77°W longitude
09 Oct 2026
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EPICENTRE
MAGNITUDE 7.7
Can cause serious damage over large areas.
The scale is logarithmic: this released about 350 times the energy of a magnitude 6.0, roughly the energy of 5.4 million tonnes of TNT.
12.6 KM DEEP
Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.
NEARBY IN THE PAST 30 DAYS
54 earthquakes above our reporting threshold within 250 km of this one, the largest a magnitude 8.0.
OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES
19 Oct 2026, 08:51 UTC · 124.8 km deep
19 Oct 2026, 08:21 UTC · 10 km deep
19 Oct 2026, 08:12 UTC · 10 km deep
19 Oct 2026, 07:55 UTC · 10 km deep