STRONG EARTHQUAKE
18 km W of Río Grande, Panama
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck 18 km W of Río Grande, Panama on 12 Oct 2026, 23:20 UTC. The hypocentre was 10 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. No felt reports have been received so far. The figures have been revised 6 times since the first report. 54 other earthquakes above our reporting threshold have been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.
- Depth
- 10 km
- Latitude
- 7.70°N
- Time
- 23:20 UTC
- Magnitude
- M6.1
shallow
81.50°W longitude
12 Oct 2026
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EPICENTRE
MAGNITUDE 6.1
Can be destructive in populated areas up to about 160 km across.
The scale is logarithmic: this released about 45 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0, roughly the energy of 21 thousand tonnes of TNT.
10 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