A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 193 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama (120 miles) on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/06/18 / 2018-06-18 04:14:15 / June 18, 2018 @ 4:14 am. The temblor was reported at 22:14:15 / 10:14 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -82.5818 West, latitude 6.3029 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us1000eu5e. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000eu5e.
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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 193 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama.
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