A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 220 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama (137 miles) on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/01/19 / 2019-01-31 10:18:06 / January 31, 2019 @ 10:18 am. Exact location, longitude -82.6544° West, latitude 6.0494° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:18:06 / 4:18 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000jb6k. Event ids that are associated: us2000jb6k.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 220 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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