2008 Panama: Paso Canoa, David, Puerto Armuelles Earthquake

Western Panama's border zone with Costa Rica is one of the most tectonically complicated corners of the Americas, and the magnitude 6.1 earthquake of 19 November 2008 originated within it. The epicentre, 8.27 N, 82.97 W, lies near the towns of Paso Canoa, David, and Puerto Armuelles, where the Cocos and Nazca plates, the Caribbean plate, and the semi-independent Panama block all interact. The catalogue preserves no focal depth, no assigned Mercalli intensity, and no casualty or damage tally. Chiriqui province, which the epicentre straddles, combines this convergent setting with a dense agricultural population, and moderate shocks there are felt across the whole isthmus. Several magnitude 6 events have been catalogued for the border district since instrumental recording began.

2008 Paso Canoa, David, Puerto Armuelles, Panama: M6.1 at shallow depth. No fatalities reported. Central American subduction zone.