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Minor earthquake, 3.7 mag strikes near Santa Isabel in Panama

Posted by admin on August 17, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 9.4784S, -79.1632WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Santa Isabel in Panama on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, -79.1632° West, 9.4784° North, depth 34.51 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/08/20 / 2020-08-17 05:26:27 / August 17, 2020 @ 5:26 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.51 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:26:27 / 5:26 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000bg74. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000bg74.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vista Alegre, Veracruz, Colón (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (41 miles) from Panamá (c. 408 200 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from San Miguelito (c. 321 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Tocumen (c. 88 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Arraiján (c. 76 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Colón (c. 76 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Las Cumbres (c. 69 100 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 7 km SSE of Santa Isabel, Panama.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -79.1632° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 9.4784° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.51 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km SSE of Santa Isabel, Panama Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-17 05:26:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-17 20:53:54 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 15 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.6 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 218 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.733 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 82 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000bg74 Id of event.
Event Code 6000bg74 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000bg74, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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