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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Gomez in Panama


Earthquake location 8.5663S, -82.7745WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Gomez in Panama on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 18:43:58 / 6:43 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000b0rt. Id of event: us2000b0rt. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 03/10/17 / 2017-10-03 23:43:58 / October 3, 2017 @ 11:43 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -82.7745 West, latitude 8.5663 North, depth = 30.59 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 30.59 km (19 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Buenos Aires (c. 11 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Almirante, Buenos Aires, Boquete (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km W of Gomez, Panama. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -82.7745° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.5663° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.59 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km W of Gomez, Panama Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-10-03 23:43:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-04 01:07:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 273 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 0.097 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 119 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 us2000b0rt Id of event.
Event Code 2000b0rt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000b0rt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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