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M 4.6 - 10 km S of Río Grande, Panama

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Captured 2026-10-10 01:59:54 UTC

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Magnitude

M 4.6

Scale: mb

Depth

10 km

operator assigned

Reported by people

Not published

Number of felt reports

USGS review

reviewed

Review does not imply final measurements

What the record tells us

USGS reports a magnitude 4.6 earthquake in 10 km S of Río Grande, Panama, at a depth of 10 km.

Detailed source data captured 2026-10-10 01:59:54 UTC.

Measurements & confidence

Event time (UTC)
2026-10-10 01:35:47.527 UTC
Source updated (UTC)
2026-10-10 01:54:37.040 UTC
Location
7.627°, -81.324°
Stations used for location
37
Horizontal error
8.15 km
Depth error
1.913 km
Magnitude error
0.077

Errors are the source’s reported uncertainty estimates, not guaranteed bounds. A depth marked “operator assigned” was fixed during analysis.

Shaking & impact

Instrumental intensity
Not published
Felt-report intensity
Not published
PAGER impact alert
Not published

No published assessment does not mean no shaking or no impact. A magnitude value alone cannot establish damage or a tsunami warning.

Shaking map · not in this captured record
PAGER impact assessment · not in this captured record
Did You Feel It? reports · not in this captured record
Fault-motion solution · not in this captured record

Nearby seismic activity

Within 500 km · M2.5+ · seven days before the event through the latest query, up to seven days after

27 nearby records

Query window: 2026-10-03 01:35:47 to 2026-10-10 01:59:54 UTC. This is spatial proximity, not an identified aftershock sequence.

M4.710 km N of La Tronosa, Panama2026-10-10 01:11:47 UTC
82 km away · 10 km deep ↗
M4.85 km SW of Cañas, Panama2026-10-10 00:03:04 UTC
116 km away · 10 km deep ↗
M4.714 km W of Río Grande, Panama2026-10-09 23:57:38 UTC
19 km away · 10 km deep ↗
M4.545 km SSE of Pedasí, Panama2026-10-09 23:54:22 UTC
167 km away · 10 km deep ↗
M4.99 km SW of Río Grande, Panama2026-10-09 23:23:13 UTC
9 km away · 10 km deep ↗
M5.49 km SSE of Los Asientos, Panama2026-10-09 23:12:37 UTC
137 km away · 10 km deep ↗
M5.08 km ESE of La Tronosa, Panama2026-10-09 23:10:02 UTC
91 km away · 10 km deep ↗
M4.64 km NNE of Río Grande, Panama2026-10-09 21:47:49 UTC
14 km away · 10 km deep ↗
M4.913 km W of Río Grande, Panama2026-10-09 21:05:25 UTC
18 km away · 10 km deep ↗
M4.916 km SSW of Calidonia, Panama2026-10-09 20:54:56 UTC
28 km away · 10 km deep ↗
M5.013 km W of Río Grande, Panama2026-10-09 20:42:08 UTC
18 km away · 10 km deep ↗
M4.98 km SSE of Leones Arriba, Panama2026-10-09 20:41:04 UTC
26 km away · 10 km deep ↗
M6.614 km W of Río Grande, Panama2026-10-09 20:25:39 UTC
19 km away · 10 km deep ↗
M5.06 km NE of La Tronosa, Panama2026-10-09 20:21:37 UTC
87 km away · 10 km deep ↗
M4.912 km SSW of Tebario, Panama2026-10-09 20:20:23 UTC
33 km away · 10 km deep ↗
M5.211 km SE of Río Grande, Panama2026-10-09 19:48:55 UTC
6 km away · 10 km deep ↗
M4.82 km N of Los Asientos, Panama2026-10-09 19:45:58 UTC
131 km away · 10 km deep ↗
M4.55 km N of Oria Arriba, Panama2026-10-09 19:42:50 UTC
123 km away · 10 km deep ↗
M4.78 km N of La Tronosa, Panama2026-10-09 19:32:19 UTC
82 km away · 10 km deep ↗
M4.814 km SSW of Tebario, Panama2026-10-09 19:17:22 UTC
31 km away · 25.962 km deep ↗
M5.014 km SE of Río Grande, Panama2026-10-09 19:04:49 UTC
8 km away · 10 km deep ↗
M5.018 km S of Los Asientos, Panama2026-10-09 18:50:12 UTC
136 km away · 10 km deep ↗
M5.019 km S of Leones Arriba, Panama2026-10-09 18:47:04 UTC
26 km away · 10 km deep ↗
M5.81 km S of El Cacao, Panama2026-10-09 18:37:46 UTC
104 km away · 10 km deep ↗
M5.53 km SW of Bajo Corral, Panama2026-10-09 18:22:15 UTC
114 km away · 10 km deep ↗
M7.712 km WSW of Pitaloza Arriba, Panama2026-10-09 17:56:06 UTC
61 km away · 12.647 km deep ↗
M5.0295 km S of Burica, Panama2026-10-04 14:06:10 UTC
294 km away · 10 km deep ↗
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The record as it develops

This timeline begins when our journal started capturing details. It is not a complete USGS revision history.

  1. Captured 2026-10-10 01:59:54 UTC

    First detailed capture · M4.6 · 10 km deep · 27 nearby records

    Source updated 2026-10-10 01:54:37 UTC

Magnitude is not shaking

Magnitude describes the earthquake’s size. The shaking experienced at a place depends on distance, depth, local ground conditions and the rupture.

Depth needs context

A reported depth describes the location of the earthquake underground. Some solutions use an assigned depth; uncertainty and review status matter.

Nearby does not mean aftershock

Our regional search finds events by distance and time. Establishing an aftershock sequence requires seismological assessment.

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In the daily journal

10 October 2026 ↗

SOURCE ID usgs:us6000u1bp