Shallow M5.6 Earthquake hit in the North Pacific Ocean 193km from David (Panama)

Shallow M5.6 Earthquake hit in the North Pacific Ocean 193km from David (Panama) on Wednesday Evening

 Earthquakelist.org 

A shallow and significant M5.6 earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean 193 kilometer from David, Panama in the evening of Wednesday December 17th, 2025. Around 0.8 million people have been exposed to shaking.

This earthquake hit under water in the North Pacific Ocean, 112 kilometers (70 mi) off the coast of Panama, 193 kilometer south of David in Chiriquí. The center of this earthquake had a very shallow depth of 10 km. Shallow earthquakes usually have a larger impact than earthquakes deep in the earth.