Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Cerro Punta in Panama

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Cerro Punta in Panama on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -82.4773 West, latitude 8.9915 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10008dzu. Unique identifier: us10008dzu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:54:33 / 6:54 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/04/17 / 2017-04-02 23:54:33 / April 2, 2017 @ 11:54 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Changuinola (c. 22 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Bocas del Toro (c. 13 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Buenos Aires, Puerto Armuelles, Golfito.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 18 km NNE of Cerro Punta, Panama.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-82.4773° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	8.9915° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	18km NNE of Cerro Punta, Panama	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-04-02 23:54:33	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-04-03 00:11:56	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	46	The total number of felt reports
CDI	6.4	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	445	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.286	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.22 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	59	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us10008dzu	Id of event.
Event Code	10008dzu	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10008dzu,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-82.4773° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

8.9915° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

18km NNE of Cerro Punta, Panama

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2017-04-02 23:54:33

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-04-03 00:11:56

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-300

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

6.4

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.

Review Status

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.

SIG

445

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,us,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.286

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.22 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us10008dzu

Id of event.

Event Code

10008dzu

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us10008dzu,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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