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Historic Earthquake
1904 Panama Earthquake
20 December 1904 · Bocas del Toro · Panama
On 20 December 1904 at 05:44 UTC, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Panama (Bocas del Toro), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the Panama Plate, 54 km from its boundary with the Caribbean Plate (continental collision). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 20 December 1904
- Time
- 05:44 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Depth
- 60 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Panama Plate
- Country
- Panama
- Nearest Volcano
- Volcan Baru (52 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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- 1941Costa Rica · M 7.66 deaths
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth