A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 133 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama (83 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10005cgz. Unique identifier: us10005cgz. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/04/16 / 2016-04-29 17:37:54 / April 29, 2016 @ 5:37 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.14 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 11:37:54 / 11:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -82.7263° West, latitude 6.831° North, depth = 10.14 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 133 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama.
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