A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Finca Blanco Numero Uno in Panama. Exact location, longitude -82.8409° West, latitude 8.4069° North, depth = 22.89 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.89 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. 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: 28/06/19 / 2019-06-28 11:17:31 / June 28, 2019 @ 11:17 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us700046i1. Unique identifier: us700046i1. The temblor was detected at 06:17:31 / 6:17 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boquete, Las Lomas, Volcán (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Volcán (c. 11 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 3 km NE of Finca Blanco Numero Uno, Panama.
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