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M5.0 earthquake 38 km S of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 38 km S of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama at 14:04 local time (19:04 UTC) on 9 Oct 2026, at a depth of 10 km, according to USGS and GFZ.

Reported by 2 agencies

Data: USGS, GFZ · updated 2026-10-30 18:24 UTC · reviewed

Magnitude
5.0moderate
body-wave magnitude (mb)
Depth
10 km
Status
Reviewed
Origin time
2026-10-09 19:04:49 UTC
Local: 9 Oct 2026, 14:04:49 (America/Panama)
Epicentre
7.675° N, 81.271° W

Circles show this event and others within 40 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
SonáVeraguas Province, Panama · pop. 7,66938 kmIVLight
Santiago de VeraguasVeraguas Province, Panama · pop. 45,35557 kmIVLight
Panama CityPanamá, Panama · pop. 408,168242 kmIIWeak
San MiguelitoPanamá, Panama · pop. 321,501250 kmIIWeak
San JoséCosta Rica · pop. 335,007398 kmINot felt

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 127 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
USGSheadlineUSGS NEIC via U.S. Geological Survey5.0 mb10 km7.67° N, 81.27° W–Reviewed · 2 revisions
GFZGFZ via GEOFON, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences5.1 mbwas 5.110 km7.67° N, 81.29° W+0.7 sAutomatic · 1 revision

How big was it?

Felt by most people over a wide area. Can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre.

It released roughly the energy of 477 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.

M5.0 releases about 32× the energy of M4.0, and its waves are about 10× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 477 t of TNT vs 15 t of TNT.

Each square is the energy of one M4.0. Energy from log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8.

Aftershocks and nearby activity

60 later earthquakes within 40 km; the largest was M6.6 34 days ago. 7 in the 7 days before. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.

Aftershocks

Mainshock M5.0

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

Aftershocks
Time after mainshock (hours)MagnitudeDepth (km)
0.174.710
0.214.910
0.294.610
0.334.510
0.534.510
0.614.410
0.735.210
0.954.610
1.265.010
1.356.610
1.395.610
1.525.110
1.604.910
1.625.010
1.844.910
2.014.910
2.724.610
2.794.510
3.374.310
3.534.610
4.315.010
4.494.310
4.884.710
6.524.510
7.264.410
7.654.510
8.474.410
10.274.410
10.994.310
15.514.810
17.494.410
19.914.510
20.894.810
29.024.610
31.274.310
46.114.810
47.424.410
50.244.710
51.354.410
51.594.610
60.194.510
73.014.810
74.644.510
74.734.510
76.266.111
76.385.010
76.534.910
76.674.510
76.954.610
81.184.310
83.574.610
89.784.510
140.784.710
150.774.410
154.294.410
171.604.610
203.184.110
213.134.510
279.834.510
428.355.010
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  2. 6.137 km SSW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-12 23:20
  3. 5.630 km SSW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-09 20:28
  4. 5.242 km S of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-09 19:48
  5. 5.134 km SSW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-09 20:35
  6. 5.058 km S of Santiago de Veraguas, Veraguas Province, Panama10-09 20:20
  7. 5.039 km SSW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-09 20:42
  8. 5.029 km S of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-09 23:23
  9. 5.026 km SSW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-12 23:27
  10. 5.048 km SW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-27 15:26
  11. 4.955 km SSE of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-09 19:17
  12. 4.939 km SE of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-09 20:41
  13. 4.937 km SSW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-09 20:54
  14. 4.941 km SSW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-09 21:05
  15. 4.938 km SW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-12 23:36
  16. 4.835 km SSW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-10 10:35
  17. 4.854 km S of Santiago de Veraguas, Veraguas Province, Panama10-10 15:58
  18. 4.842 km SW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-11 17:11
  19. 4.835 km SW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-12 20:05
  20. 4.743 km S of Santiago de Veraguas, Veraguas Province, Panama10-09 19:15
  21. 4.737 km SSW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-09 23:57
  22. 4.740 km SW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-11 21:19
  23. 4.734 km SSE of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-15 15:51
  24. 4.637 km SSW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-09 19:22
  25. 4.641 km S of Santiago de Veraguas, Veraguas Province, Panama10-09 20:02

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Event id us6000u197. First recorded here 9 Oct 2026, 19:26:08 UTC. Solutions: USGS (usgs:us6000u197); GFZ (geofon:gfz2026tuwd). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M5.0 earthquake 38 km S of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/us6000u197-m5-0-earthquake-38-km-s-of-sona-veraguas-province-panama, data from USGS, GFZ.

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