A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 121 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama (75 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10006274. Unique identifier: us10006274. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:37:37 / 5:37 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23.94 km (15 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 09/07/16 / 2016-07-09 11:37:37 / July 9, 2016 @ 11:37 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -82.7726 West, latitude 6.9419 North, depth = 23.94 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 121 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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