A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 167 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama (104 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 25/12/17 / 2017-12-25 02:18:11 / December 25, 2017 @ 2:18 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000bvtl. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bvtl. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:18:11 / 8:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -82.663° West, latitude 6.5295° North, depth = 10 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 167 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama.
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