MAJOR EARTHQUAKE
14 km SW of Pitaloza Arriba, Panama
A magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck 14 km SW of Pitaloza Arriba, Panama on 09 Oct 2026, 17:56 UTC. The hypocentre was 33 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. No felt reports have been received so far. The figures have been revised 1 time since the first report. 54 other earthquakes above our reporting threshold have been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.
- Depth
- 33 km
- Latitude
- 7.54°N
- Time
- 17:56 UTC
- Magnitude
- M8.0
shallow
80.75°W longitude
09 Oct 2026
Mi
EPICENTRE
MAGNITUDE 8.0
Can cause severe damage across areas several hundred kilometres wide.
The scale is logarithmic: this released about 32 times the energy of a magnitude 7.0, roughly the energy of 15.1 million tonnes of TNT.
33 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 7.7.
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