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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Portobelo in Panama


Earthquake location 9.5655S, -79.378WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Portobelo in Panama. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 43.58 km (27 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:43:45 / 7:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/08/17 / 2017-08-25 00:43:45 / August 25, 2017 @ 12:43 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -79.378 West, latitude 9.5655 North, depth = 43.58 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000abiv. Id of event: us2000abiv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Panamá (c. 408 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from San Miguelito (c. 321 500 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Tocumen (c. 88 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Arraiján (c. 76 800 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Colón (c. 76 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Las Cumbres (c. 69 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Coco, Puerto Escondido, La Chorrera (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 29 km E of Portobelo, Panama.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -79.378° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.5655° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.58 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29km E of Portobelo, Panama Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-08-25 00:43:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-08-25 01:14:36 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 27 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 269 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 0.602 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51 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 us2000abiv Id of event.
Event Code 2000abiv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000abiv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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