25 km W of Río Grande, Panama

Yes. A magnitude 4.8 earthquake was recorded 25 km W of Río Grande, Panama at 20:05 UTC on 2026-10-12, 10 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

2026-10-12 20:05 UTC · 10 km deep · released about 240 tons of TNT

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When: 2026-10-12 20:05 UTC
Magnitude: M 4.8 (mww)
Depth: 10 km below the surface
Felt: 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 3 hours ago · we first saw it 6 hours ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 170 km (106 mi) from the epicentre. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 240 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 710× the energy of this one
Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 32× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 4.8 about 240 tons of TNT
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 500× more

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 6.6 on 2026-10-09 — about 500 times the energy of this one.

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

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Epicentre 7.7181, -81.5677. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Aftershocks so far

5 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

4.5 24 km SW of Zapotillo, Panama 23:45 UTC
4.9 17 km W of Río Grande, Panama 23:36 UTC
6.1 17 km W of Río Grande, Panama 23:20 UTC
4.5 5 km WSW of Calidonia, Panama 21:48 UTC
4.5 21 km WNW of Río Grande, Panama 21:43 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 03:07 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

Revisions

USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.

What changed	From	To	When
reported intensity	not reported	2	00:32 UTC
felt reports	not reported	1	00:32 UTC

On USGS

The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
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ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one

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