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M4.6 earthquake 39 km SW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 39 km SW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama at 19:51 local time (00:51 UTC) on 9 Oct 2026, at a depth of 10 km, according to USGS and GFZ.

Reported by 2 agencies · 2 reports to USGS “Did You Feel It?”

Data: USGS, GFZ · updated 2026-11-01 02:40 UTC · reviewed

Magnitude
4.6light
body-wave magnitude (mb)
Depth
10 km
Status
Reviewed
Origin time
2026-10-10 00:51:49 UTC
Local: 9 Oct 2026, 19:51:49 (America/Panama)
Epicentre
7.534° N, 80.546° W

Circles show this event and others within 30 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. 8,93939 kmIIIWeak
Los SantosLos Santos Province, Panama · pop. 5,97047 kmIIIWeak
Santiago de VeraguasVeraguas Province, Panama · pop. 45,35579 kmIIIWeak
Panama CityPanamá, Panama · pop. 408,168197 kmINot felt
San MiguelitoPanamá, Panama · pop. 321,501206 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 82 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 Survey4.6 mb10 km7.53° N, 80.55° W–Reviewed · 1 revision
GFZGFZ via GEOFON, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences4.8 mb10 km7.51° N, 80.63° W−1.2 sAutomatic

How big was it?

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

It released roughly the energy of 120 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.

M4.6 releases about 32× the energy of M3.6, and its waves are about 10× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 120 t of TNT vs 3.8 t of TNT.

Each square is the energy of one M3.6. Energy from log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8.

Aftershocks and nearby activity

32 later earthquakes within 30 km; the largest was M6.0 33 days ago. 23 in the 7 days before. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.

Aftershocks

Mainshock M4.6

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

Aftershocks
Time after mainshock (hours)MagnitudeDepth (km)
0.334.710
0.864.310
1.585.010
2.594.410
3.074.510
3.354.510
3.376.010
3.694.510
6.364.610
6.554.410
9.784.510
12.514.510
12.924.810
14.004.410
15.234.719
24.984.910
25.334.410
26.444.410
26.664.310
31.374.510
51.394.210
58.264.310
60.424.510
73.944.710
98.154.410
100.304.710
183.544.210
262.004.510
290.544.010
312.474.010
468.854.710
518.975.210
  1. 6.046 km SW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 04:14
  2. 5.230 km S of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-31 15:50
  3. 5.039 km SSW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 02:26
  4. 4.942 km SW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-11 01:50
  5. 4.845 km SW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 13:46
  6. 4.741 km SW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 01:11
  7. 4.746 km SW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 16:05
  8. 4.735 km WSW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-13 02:48
  9. 4.743 km WSW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-14 05:09
  10. 4.743 km SW of Los Santos, Los Santos Province, Panama10-29 13:42
  11. 4.647 km SW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 07:13
  12. 4.548 km SW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 03:56
  13. 4.541 km SW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 04:12
  14. 4.533 km SW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 04:33
  15. 4.542 km SSW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 10:38
  16. 4.523 km S of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 13:22
  17. 4.527 km S of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-11 08:13
  18. 4.546 km SSW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-12 13:17
  19. 4.543 km WSW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-20 22:51
  20. 4.424 km SW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 03:27
  21. 4.439 km WSW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 07:24
  22. 4.457 km SW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama10-10 14:51
  23. 4.457 km SW of La Arena, Herrera Province, Panama10-11 02:11
  24. 4.446 km SW of La Arena, Herrera Province, Panama10-11 03:18
  25. 4.424 km SW of Los Santos, Los Santos Province, Panama10-14 03:00

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Event id us6000u1bj. First recorded here 10 Oct 2026, 03:15:26 UTC. Solutions: USGS (usgs:us6000u1bj); GFZ (geofon:gfz2026tvho). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M4.6 earthquake 39 km SW of Las Tablas, Los Santos Province, Panama”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/us6000u1bj-m4-6-earthquake-39-km-sw-of-las-tablas-los-santos-province-panama, data from USGS, GFZ.

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