Magnitude 5.2, 4 km S of Bajo Corral, Panama.
Occurred 4 hours ago (2026-10-31 15:50 UTC). Record reviewed, last revised 1 hour ago. Fetched just now. Every number on this page comes from the USGS feed; the sentence is a template over those fields.
Magnitude 5.2 earthquake, 10 km deep, at 31 Oct 15:50 UTC, with 27 felt reports submitted. USGS places it "4 km S of Bajo Corral, Panama".
DERIVED. The last earthquake at least this strong within 100 km was magnitude 6.0 on 10 Oct 2026 ("4 km NNE of La Tronosa, Panama"). USGS ComCat search: earthquakes within 100 km of this epicentre, magnitude 5.2 or more, from 1 Jan 1900 to just before this one, newest first. Magnitudes of different types are compared as the catalogue publishes them.
Epicentre at 7.569, -80.255 (USGS). The dashed ring is 100 km. Coastlines from Natural Earth (public domain), drawn from the coordinate; nothing placed by hand.