A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 265 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama (165 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -82.8° West, 5.6327° North, depth 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700097a8. Id of event: us700097a8. Global time and date of event 30/04/20 / 2020-04-30 03:15:33 / April 30, 2020 @ 3:15 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:15:33 / 9:15 pm (local time epicenter).
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 three and in the last 365 days eleven 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 265 km S of Punta de Burica, Panama.
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