Monitor · Earthquake
Reported
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake recorded off the coast of Panama
A magnitude 6.1 shallow earthquake struck the sea south of Panama at a depth of 10 kilometers on the morning of 13 October. Monitoring agencies located the epicenter either in waters south of Panama or approximately 18 kilometers west of Río Grande. It is not yet reported whether the tremor caused additional damage or casualties.
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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
2 differing positions reported on location across 3 publishers; unresolved.
- chinanews巴拿马以南海域
- ettoday巴拿馬
- ltn巴拿馬
2 differing positions reported on timing across 2 publishers; unresolved.
- ltn今晨
- cna-tw9日
WherePanama
9.040, -79.482 ±120 km
First reported12 days ago
Published2026-10-13 00:55 UTC
Occurred2026-10-13
Sources4
How this travelled.
Reports5Independent tellings4
4 independently corroborated tellings.
Corrections and updates
No published correction or update is recorded. This does not reconstruct changes made before correction records were kept.
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Global Event Monitor. Magnitude 6.1 earthquake recorded off the coast of Panama. 2026-10-13T00:55:03.323Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:5669. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-13/6-1-52eb2aaa
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