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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag was detected near Tonosi in Panama


Earthquake location 7.446S, -80.5658WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Tonosi in Panama. Exact location of event, longitude -80.5658 West, latitude 7.446 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us1000er1r. Event ids that are associated: us1000er1r. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/06/18 / 2018-06-13 23:54:45 / June 13, 2018 @ 11:54 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 18:54:45 / 6:54 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soná, Natá, Pocrí (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Santiago de Veraguas (c. 45 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Chitré (c. 44 000 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Aguadulce (c. 17 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Pocrí (c. 11 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Las Tablas (c. 8 600 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Soná (c. 7 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Los Santos (c. 6 000 pop). Close country/countries, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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: 13 km WNW of Tonosi, Panama.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -80.5658° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.446° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13km WNW of Tonosi, Panama Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-13 23:54:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-14 00:40:08 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 37 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 447 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 1.855 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000er1r Id of event.
Event Code 1000er1r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000er1r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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