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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Pedasi in Panama


Earthquake location 7.3377S, -80.1821WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Pedasi in Panama. Exact location of earthquake, -80.1821° West, 7.3377° North, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000c5d4. Unique identifier: us2000c5d4. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:35:28 / 1:35 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/12/17 / 2017-12-17 06:35:28 / December 17, 2017 @ 6:35 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Chitré (c. 44 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Las Tablas (c. 8 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Los Santos (c. 6 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chitré, Los Santos, Las Tablas (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 27 km SW of Pedasi, Panama.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -80.1821° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.3377° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27km SW of Pedasi, Panama Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-12-17 06:35:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-17 06:50:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 340 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 1.848 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 116 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 us2000c5d4 Id of event.
Event Code 2000c5d4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000c5d4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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