A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Guarumal in Panama. Id of earthquake: us100072it. Event ids that are associated: us100072it. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:55:23 / 6:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/10/16 / 2016-10-27 23:55:23 / October 27, 2016 @ 11:55 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -82.6435° West, latitude 8.1454° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boquete, Golfito, Volcán (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Volcán (c. 11 200 pop).
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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 25 km SSW of Guarumal, Panama. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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