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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Finca Blanco in Panama

Posted by admin on September 6, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 8.3872S, -82.992WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Finca Blanco in Panama. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 17:48:53 / 5:48 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/09/20 / 2020-09-04 17:48:53 / September 4, 2020 @ 5:48 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000bi14. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000bi14. Exact location of earthquake, -82.992° West, 8.3872° North, depth 10 km.

Epicenter of the event was 62 km (38 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Buenos Aires (c. 11 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Volcán (c. 11 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Buenos Aires, Boquete, Las Lomas (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventeen 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. Each 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 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: 13 km W of Finca Blanco, Panama.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -82.992° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.3872° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km W of Finca Blanco, Panama Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-04 17:48:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-05 01:51:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 369 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 0.324 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000bi14 Id of event.
Event Code 7000bi14 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bi14, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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