A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Tonosi in Panama on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:52:46 / 11:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/04/20 / 2020-04-21 04:52:46 / April 21, 2020 @ 4:52 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -80.9451 West, latitude 7.2596 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us700090v1. Unique identifier: us700090v1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chitré, Los Santos, Soná (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 94 km (58 miles) from Santiago de Veraguas (c. 45 400 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Chitré (c. 44 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Las Tablas (c. 8 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Soná (c. 7 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Los Santos (c. 6 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 56 km WSW of Tonosi, Panama. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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