M4.5 earthquake 19 km S of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 19 km S of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama at 09:59 local time (14:59 UTC) on 10 Oct 2026, at a depth of 10 km, according to USGS and GFZ.
Reported by 2 agencies
Data: USGS, GFZ · updated 2026-11-05 17:43 UTC · reviewed
- Magnitude
- 4.5light
body-wave magnitude (mb) - Depth
- 10 km
- Status
- Reviewed
- Origin time
- 2026-10-10 14:59:23 UTC
- Local: 10 Oct 2026, 09:59:23 (America/Panama)
- Epicentre
- 7.836° N, 81.320° 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
| Place | Distance | Est. shaking |
|---|---|---|
| SonáVeraguas Province, Panama · pop. 7,669 | 19 km | IVLight |
| Santiago de VeraguasVeraguas Province, Panama · pop. 45,355 | 48 km | IIIWeak |
| DavidChiriquí Province, Panama · pop. 82,907 | 139 km | IIWeak |
| Panama CityPanamá, Panama · pop. 408,168 | 236 km | INot felt |
| San MiguelitoPanamá, Panama · pop. 321,501 | 244 km | INot felt |
| San JoséCosta Rica · pop. 335,007 | 382 km | INot 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 74 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.
How big was it?
Widely felt near the epicentre: rattling windows and objects. Significant damage is unlikely.
It released roughly the energy of 85 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.
M4.5 releases about 32× the energy of M3.5, and its waves are about 10× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 85 t of TNT vs 2.7 t of TNT.
Each square is the energy of one M3.5. Energy from log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8.
Aftershocks and nearby activity
19 later earthquakes within 30 km; the largest was M6.1 31 days ago. 23 in the 7 days before. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.
Mainshock M4.5
19 later earthquakes nearby. Aftershock rates typically fall off roughly as 1/time (Omori's law).
| Time after mainshock (hours) | Magnitude | Depth (km) |
|---|---|---|
| 9.11 | 4.6 | 10 |
| 11.36 | 4.3 | 10 |
| 30.33 | 4.7 | 10 |
| 31.44 | 4.4 | 10 |
| 31.68 | 4.6 | 10 |
| 53.10 | 4.8 | 10 |
| 54.74 | 4.5 | 10 |
| 54.83 | 4.5 | 10 |
| 56.35 | 6.1 | 11 |
| 56.47 | 5.0 | 10 |
| 56.62 | 4.9 | 10 |
| 57.04 | 4.6 | 10 |
| 63.66 | 4.6 | 10 |
| 69.87 | 4.5 | 10 |
| 120.87 | 4.7 | 10 |
| 134.38 | 4.4 | 10 |
| 183.27 | 4.1 | 10 |
| 193.23 | 4.5 | 10 |
| 259.92 | 4.5 | 10 |
- 6.137 km SSW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-12 23:20
- 5.026 km SSW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-12 23:27
- 4.938 km SW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-12 23:36
- 4.835 km SW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-12 20:05
- 4.740 km SW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-11 21:19
- 4.734 km SSE of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-15 15:51
- 4.627 km SW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-11 00:06
- 4.633 km SE of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-11 22:40
- 4.633 km SW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-13 00:02
- 4.624 km SSW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-13 06:39
- 4.529 km SW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-12 21:43
- 4.521 km WSW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-12 21:48
- 4.534 km SW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-13 12:51
- 4.535 km S of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-18 16:12
- 4.531 km SW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-21 10:54
- 4.440 km SSW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-11 22:25
- 4.435 km SSE of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-16 05:22
- 4.323 km WSW of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-11 02:21
- 4.137 km SE of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama10-18 06:15
Did you feel it?
Reports from people help show where shaking was strong. They are anonymous and shown here in aggregate.
Reports close 14 days after an earthquake.
Reports on SeismoAtlas
No reports yet.
Event id us6000u1f6. First recorded here 10 Oct 2026, 18:35:34 UTC. Solutions: USGS (usgs:us6000u1f6); GFZ (geofon:gfz2026twjn). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M4.5 earthquake 19 km S of Soná, Veraguas Province, Panama”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/us6000u1f6-m4-5-earthquake-19-km-s-of-sona-veraguas-province-panama, data from USGS, GFZ.
JSON: /api/v1/events/us6000u1f6. SeismoAtlas is not an official warning service.