Mw 7.7 PANAMA on October 9th 2026 at 17:56 UTC

A magnitude Mw 7.7 earthquake struck PANAMA, about 209 km SW of Panama City, on 9 October 2026 at 17:56 UTC (12:56 local time, UTC−5). The epicenter was on the Azuero Peninsula, at a shallow depth of about 13 km. Seismological information is available here.

At the time of this report, more than 400 structures have been damaged, and local authorities report at least 27 people injured, with no fatalities or missing persons.

More than 175 aftershocks have been recorded in the roughly 30 hours since the mainshock, including several of magnitude 6 or greater. Many of them have been felt by the population, including in Panama City.

If you felt this earthquake, please share your experience with us. Your testimony will be useful to update the Intensity map here below, where the felt intensities represent the effects of the earthquake over the impacted area.

After a large earthquake, many smaller earthquakes can occur in the area of the main shock. They are called aftershocks and are caused by the adjustment of the crust to the effects of the main shock. Below is a summary of the recorded aftershocks. It is likely that there will be more in the coming days. If you are in the affected area, please remain cautious.

Figure 1: Spatial and temporal distribution of the seismic activity in Panama. Purple dots represent the oldest earthquakes in the series, while yellow dots represent the most recent earthquakes. The size of each dot is related to the magnitude of the earthquake.	Figure 2: Distribution of earthquakes by magnitude where vertical bars represent the number of earthquakes inside each 0.1 magnitude interval.

• Map of felt reports

The EMSC collects testimonies from people who felt the earthquake. This information is collected through the LastQake mobile application, mobile or desktop website. The map below shows the testimonies collected by the EMSC for the main shock. Each coloured dot corresponds to a witness observation, which we call a "felt report". The redder the dot, the more intense the earthquake was felt.
By aggregating the reports, we can quickly map the effetcs of the earthquake.

• Curve Intensity / Distance

This graph shows the change in intensity as a function of distance from the epicentre. Intensity ranges from 1 to 12 and measures the observed effects of the earthquake in terms of shaking and damage at a given location. An earthquake is therefore associated with one magnitude and a variety of intensities, depending on where it is observed. For example, we can see that at a distance of 300 km from the epicentre, the average intensity is around 4. Moreover you can notice the general trend that the further you are from the epicenter, the less intensively you feel the earthquake.

The EMSC also collects photos and videos from eyewitnesses. Combined with geolocation, these provide a picture of the situation and damage on the ground.

• Interactive map of pictures and videos