A strong earthquake registered by the EMSC to Magnitude 6.7 hit near the coast of Panama at 07:24 UTC on April 21, 2022. The agency is reports a depth of 25.3 km (15.7 miles).
The epicenter was located about 58.2 km (36.2 miles) WSW of Masachapa (population 5 000), 68.7 km (42.7 miles) WSW of San Rafael del Sur (population 29 836), and 88.8 km (55.2 miles) WSW El Crucero (population 16 469), Managua, Nicaragua.
There are 910,000 people living within 100 km (62 miles).
1,000 people are estimated to have felt strong shaking and 807 000 moderate.
