M7.7 quake 12 km WSW of Pitaloza Arriba, Panama leads 48 notable earthquakes on 9 October 2026
Quakes M2.5+
48
48 of any size
Strongest
M7.7
12 km WSW of Pitaloza Arriba, Panama
Other hazards
25
Fires, storms, floods, eruptions
Peak Kp
4.0
Geomagnetic activity
Earthquakes
Seismic networks reported 48 earthquakes in total, 48 of them magnitude 2.5 or above. That is busier than the previous week's average of 18 a day.
The strongest was a magnitude 7.7 12 km WSW of Pitaloza Arriba, Panama, at a depth of 13 km. 1,936 people reported feeling it.
Across the day, 2 quakes reached magnitude 6 or more, 17 quakes reached magnitude 5 or more, 42 quakes reached magnitude 4 or more.
The most active countries were United States (1).
- 7.712 km WSW of Pitaloza Arriba, Panama9 Oct 2026, 17:56 UTC · 13 km deep
- 6.612 km W of Río Grande, Panama9 Oct 2026, 20:25 UTC · 24 km deep
- 5.9west of Macquarie Island9 Oct 2026, 14:49 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.81 km S of El Cacao, Panama9 Oct 2026, 18:37 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.53 km SW of Bajo Corral, Panama9 Oct 2026, 18:22 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.499 km NE of Norsup, Vanuatu9 Oct 2026, 13:51 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.49 km SSE of Los Asientos, Panama9 Oct 2026, 23:12 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.2117 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia9 Oct 2026, 05:11 UTC · 40 km deep
Volcanoes, fires, storms and floods
New entries on the hazard record: 2 floods, 23 wildfires.
Sky & Space
The planetary K-index peaked at Kp 4.0, active conditions.
5 asteroids passed Earth. The closest, (2026 TU8), came within 0.7 lunar distances and is 6 m across.
1 orbital launch was scheduled.