A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Portobelo in Panama on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 23:45:10 / 11:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -79.4021 West, latitude 9.6276 North, depth = 37.89 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d0gi. Id of event: us2000d0gi. Global time and date of event 11/02/18 / 2018-02-11 04:45:10 / February 11, 2018 @ 4:45 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 37.89 km (24 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Chorrera, Puerto Escondido, Veracruz (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Panamá (c. 408 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from San Miguelito (c. 321 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Tocumen (c. 88 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Arraiján (c. 76 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Colón (c. 76 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Las Cumbres (c. 69 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
Did you feel the quake?
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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 28 km ENE of Portobelo, Panama.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply