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M4.8 earthquake 33 km SSE of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 33 km SSE of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama at 14:45 local time (19:45 UTC) on 9 Oct 2026, at a depth of 10 km, according to USGS and GFZ.

Reported by 2 agencies · revised from M5.1

Data: USGS, GFZ · updated 2026-11-04 18:23 UTC · reviewed

Magnitude
4.8light
body-wave magnitude (mb)
revised from 5.1
Depth
10 km
Status
Reviewed
Origin time
2026-10-09 19:45:57 UTC
Local: 9 Oct 2026, 14:45:57 (America/Panama)
Epicentre
7.496° N, 80.153° W

Circles show this event and others within 32 km from 7 days before to 30 days after. Lines: plate boundaries and GEM active faults. Open on the live map

Nearby places

Distance and estimated shaking at nearby places
PlaceDistanceEst. shaking
Las TablasLos Santos Province, Panama · pop. 8,93933 kmIVLight
Los SantosLos Santos Province, Panama · pop. 5,97056 kmIIIWeak
Santiago de VeraguasVeraguas Province, Panama · pop. 45,355113 kmIIWeak
Panama CityPanamá, Panama · pop. 408,168180 kmIIWeak
San MiguelitoPanamá, Panama · pop. 321,501188 kmIIWeak

Shaking is an estimate from the intensity prediction equation of Allen, Wald & Worden (2012), not an observation. Local ground and buildings can change it by a level or more. Likely felt out to about 102 km.

Every agency's solution

Agencies locate earthquakes with their own stations and methods, so their numbers differ. We match reports of the same event by time, distance and magnitude and show them side by side. The headline uses USGS, which has been reviewed by an analyst.

AgencyMagnitudeDepthEpicentreTime offsetStatus
GFZGFZ via GEOFON, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences5.1 mb10 km7.50° N, 80.25° W+0.4 sAutomatic · 1 revision
USGSheadlineUSGS NEIC via U.S. Geological Survey4.8 mb10 km7.50° N, 80.15° W–Reviewed · 1 revision

How big was it?

Widely felt near the epicentre: rattling windows and objects. Significant damage is unlikely.

It released roughly the energy of 239 t of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step means about 32 times more energy and 10 times larger waves on a seismogram. Depth matters too: at 10 km this was a shallow earthquake, which is felt more strongly at the surface than a deeper one of the same size.

M4.8 releases about 32× the energy of M3.8, and its waves are about 10× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 239 t of TNT vs 7.6 t of TNT.

Each square is the energy of one M3.8. Energy from log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8.

Aftershocks and nearby activity

25 later earthquakes within 32 km; the largest was M5.4 34 days ago. 10 in the 7 days before. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.

Aftershocks

Mainshock M4.8

25 later earthquakes nearby. Aftershock rates typically fall off roughly as 1/time (Omori's law).

Aftershocks
Time after mainshock (hours)MagnitudeDepth (km)
2.884.410
3.445.410
4.294.810
4.814.210
4.994.110
5.964.310
7.484.110
10.514.510
10.554.910
10.694.710
11.034.510
14.044.310
17.604.510
26.104.310
36.474.510
54.614.510
81.714.410
105.234.210
137.764.510
188.644.210
201.244.410
317.564.010
524.075.210
671.354.410
692.274.510
  1. 5.436 km SSE of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-09 23:12
  2. 5.230 km S of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-31 15:50
  3. 4.936 km SE of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 06:18
  4. 4.841 km S of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 00:03
  5. 4.760 km SSE of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 06:27
  6. 4.563 km SE of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 06:16
  7. 4.548 km SE of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 06:47
  8. 4.523 km S of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 13:22
  9. 4.527 km S of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-11 08:13
  10. 4.527 km SE of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-12 02:22
  11. 4.546 km SSE of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-15 13:31
  12. 4.549 km SE of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama11-07 16:01
  13. 4.441 km SSW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-09 22:38
  14. 4.452 km SE of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-13 05:28
  15. 4.446 km SSE of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-18 05:00
  16. 4.448 km SE of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama11-06 19:06
  17. 4.325 km SSW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 01:43
  18. 4.349 km SSE of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 09:48
  19. 4.348 km SSE of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 21:51
  20. 4.243 km SSE of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 00:34
  21. 4.229 km SSE of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-14 04:59
  22. 4.229 km SSW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-17 16:24
  23. 4.141 km SE of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 00:45
  24. 4.124 km ESE of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 03:14
  25. 4.021 km SSW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-23 01:19

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Event id gfz2026tuxm. First recorded here 9 Oct 2026, 20:00:33 UTC. Solutions: GFZ (geofon:gfz2026tuxm); USGS (usgs:us6000u19i). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M4.8 earthquake 33 km SSE of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/gfz2026tuxm-m4-8-earthquake-33-km-sse-of-las-tablas-los-santos-province-panama, data from USGS, GFZ.

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