A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 75 km SSE of Punta de Burica, Panama (47 miles) on Friday. Event id: us2000bu2r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bu2r. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:43:55 / 3:43 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/11/17 / 2017-11-17 21:43:55 / November 17, 2017 @ 9:43 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -82.6072 West, latitude 7.4045 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 75 km SSE of Punta de Burica, Panama.
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