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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Punta de Burica in Panama


Earthquake location 7.4104S, -82.7451WA 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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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 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: 70 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -82.7451° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.4104° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70km S of Punta de Burica, Panama Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-23 12:42:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-23 13:02:00 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 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 369 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 1.162 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000eais Id of event.
Event Code 1000eais An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000eais, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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