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Historic Earthquake
1962 Panama Earthquake
26 July 1962 · Panama
On 26 July 1962 at 08:14 UTC, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Panama, at a depth of 21 km. It occurred on the Panama Plate, 47 km from its boundary with the Nazca Plate (collision zone).
- Date
- 26 July 1962
- Time
- 08:14 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.4
- Depth
- 21 km
- Plate
- Panama Plate
- Country
- Panama
- Nearest Volcano
- Volcan Baru (157 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20262026 Panama Earthquake · M 7.7
- 19911991 Limon Earthquake · M 7.690 deaths
- 1983Se, Panama · M 7.56 deaths
- 1941Costa Rica · M 7.66 deaths
- 1934Panama · M 7.7
- 1916Almirante, Bocas del Toro · M 7.0
- 1904Bocas del Toro · M 7.2
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth