A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Punta de Burica in Panama on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -82.7451 West, latitude 7.4104 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us1000eais. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000eais. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/05/18 / 2018-05-23 12:42:44 / May 23, 2018 @ 12:42 pm. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:42:44 / 6:42 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop). Event epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Armuelles (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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