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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag was detected near Finca Blanco in Panama

Posted by admin on September 6, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 8.3404S, -82.983WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Finca Blanco in Panama. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:45:21 / 5:45 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000bi01. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000bi01. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/09/20 / 2020-09-04 17:45:21 / September 4, 2020 @ 5:45 pm 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 8.67 km (5 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -82.983 West, latitude 8.3404 North, depth = 8.67 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Buenos Aires, Boquete, Las Lomas (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Buenos Aires (c. 11 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Volcán (c. 11 200 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Corredor (c. 7 100 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 have been detected nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 12 km WSW of Finca Blanco, Panama.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -82.983° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.3404° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.67 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km WSW 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 17:45:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-06 05:11:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 19 The total number of felt reports
CDI 7.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.988 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 496 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 0.34 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000bi01 Id of event.
Event Code 7000bi01 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bi01, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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