A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Las Minas in Panama on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -80.9932° West, latitude 7.3313° North, depth = 11.89 km. Event id: us2000c456. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c456. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.89 km (7 miles). The temblor was reported at 20:11:09 / 8:11 pm (local time epicenter). 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: 14/12/17 / 2017-12-14 01:11:09 / December 14, 2017 @ 1:11 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chitré, Los Santos, Las Tablas (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Santiago de Veraguas (c. 45 400 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Chitré (c. 44 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Las Tablas (c. 8 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Soná (c. 7 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Los Santos (c. 6 000 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. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 58 km SSW of Las Minas, Panama.
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