M6.1 quake 17 km W of Río Grande, Panama leads 71 notable earthquakes on 12 October 2026
Quakes M2.5+
71
71 of any size
Strongest
M6.1
17 km W of Río Grande, Panama
Other hazards
13
Fires, storms, floods, eruptions
Peak Kp
3.3
Geomagnetic activity
Earthquakes
Seismic networks reported 71 earthquakes in total, 71 of them magnitude 2.5 or above. That is busier than the previous week's average of 34 a day.
The strongest was a magnitude 6.1 17 km W of Río Grande, Panama, at a depth of 11 km. 71 people reported feeling it.
Across the day, 1 quake reached magnitude 6 or more, 3 quakes reached magnitude 5 or more, 37 quakes reached magnitude 4 or more.
The most active countries were United States (13), Panama (2) and Dominican Republic (2).
- 6.117 km W of Río Grande, Panama12 Oct 2026, 23:20 UTC · 11 km deep
- 5.5122 km W of Neiafu, Tonga12 Oct 2026, 04:38 UTC · 195 km deep
- 5.4Mid-Indian Ridge12 Oct 2026, 11:28 UTC · 10 km deep
- 4.9283 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia12 Oct 2026, 15:44 UTC · 35 km deep
- 4.917 km W of Río Grande, Panama12 Oct 2026, 23:36 UTC · 10 km deep
- 4.856 km E of Yairipok, India12 Oct 2026, 01:28 UTC · 78 km deep
- 4.8southern East Pacific Rise12 Oct 2026, 01:59 UTC · 10 km deep
- 4.8Mid-Indian Ridge12 Oct 2026, 13:44 UTC · 10 km deep
Volcanoes, fires, storms and floods
New entries on the hazard record: 2 floods, 1 storm, 10 wildfires.
Sky & Space
The planetary K-index peaked at Kp 3.3, quiet conditions.
5 asteroids passed Earth. The closest, (2026 TN77), came within 0.1 lunar distances and is 15 m across.