A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Pedasi in Panama. Exact location of earthquake, -80.1761° West, 7.3857° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 01:53:32 / 1:53 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000c5d6. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000c5d6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/12/17 / 2017-12-17 06:53:32 / December 17, 2017 @ 6:53 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Chitré (c. 44 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Las Tablas (c. 8 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Los Santos (c. 6 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chitré, Los Santos, Las Tablas (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km SW of Pedasi, Panama. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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