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PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION earthquake sequence

Active Gardner–Knopoff windows · 09.10.2026 22:22 – ongoing

Earthquakes
25
Largest
M5,0

Earthquakes of the sequence (oldest to newest)

Earthquakes per day

Earthquakes in the sequence

MagnitudeLocationTime (Europe/Istanbul)Depth
5.0 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 09.10.2026 22:22 10,0 km
4.8 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 09.10.2026 23:14 4,0 km
4.0 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 10.10.2026 01:27 10,0 km
4.1 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 10.10.2026 02:34 2,0 km
3.8 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 10.10.2026 07:11 5,0 km
3.8 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 10.10.2026 08:38 2,0 km
3.5 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 10.10.2026 11:12 1,0 km
3.9 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 10.10.2026 12:01 10,0 km
3.9 PANAMA 10.10.2026 12:19 13,0 km
4.5 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 10.10.2026 12:36 3,0 km
4.5 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 10.10.2026 12:46 10,0 km
3.7 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 10.10.2026 12:53 10,0 km
3.6 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 10.10.2026 14:00 5,0 km
4.5 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 10.10.2026 15:49 10,0 km
4.5 5 km WNW of Guarumal, Panama 10.10.2026 17:59 10,0 km
4.5 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 10.10.2026 20:40 10,0 km
4.6 18 km WNW of Río Grande, Panama 11.10.2026 03:06 10,0 km
3.8 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 11.10.2026 07:59 6,0 km
4.4 PANAMA 11.10.2026 21:29 10,0 km
4.5 27 km W of Río Grande, Panama 12.10.2026 00:19 10,0 km
4.7 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 12.10.2026 10:16 15,0 km
4.5 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 12.10.2026 14:00 29,0 km
4.5 PANAMA 13.10.2026 00:48 10,0 km
3.2 PANAMA 13.10.2026 05:41 10,0 km
4.5 PANAMA 13.10.2026 08:14 10,0 km
4.5 PANAMA 13.10.2026 15:51 10,0 km
3.2 PANAMA 13.10.2026 17:17 5,0 km
3.5 PANAMA 15.10.2026 09:54 10,0 km
3.2 PANAMA 15.10.2026 12:19 6,0 km
4.4 12 km SSE of Tebario, Panama 16.10.2026 04:50 10,0 km
4.4 8 km SSE of Guarumal, Panama 16.10.2026 08:22 10,0 km
3.5 PANAMA 16.10.2026 18:06 19,0 km
3.2 SOUTH OF PANAMA 17.10.2026 05:38 96,0 km
3.5 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 18.10.2026 23:11 11,0 km
3.2 PANAMA 21.10.2026 14:00 5,0 km
3.7 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 23.10.2026 04:20 14,0 km
2.9 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 28.10.2026 00:53 13,0 km
2.7 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 30.10.2026 06:19 10,0 km
2.9 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 30.10.2026 13:43 17,0 km
3.2 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 03.11.2026 12:15 10,0 km
3.6 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 07.11.2026 16:58 35,0 km
2.6 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION 10.11.2026 09:41 10,0 km

Sequences group earthquakes that have occurred by proximity in time and location (Gardner–Knopoff windows, Poisson rate test). Follow AFAD and Kandilli Observatory for official assessments. (Gardner & Knopoff (1974))