A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 169 km SSE of Punta de Burica, Panama (105 miles) on Friday. 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). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/06/17 / 2017-06-24 00:48:14 / June 24, 2017 @ 12:48 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009pf2. Id of event: us20009pf2. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -82.3829° West, 6.5774° North. The temblor was picked up at 19:48:14 / 7:48 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 169 km SSE of Punta de Burica, Panama. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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