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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Limones in Panama

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Limones in Panama. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:29:24 / 7:29 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/10/20 / 2020-10-24 07:29:24 / October 24, 2020 @ 7:29 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.79 km (10 miles). Unique identifier: us6000cchq. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000cchq. Exact location of earthquake, -82.7839° West, 8.112° North, depth 15.79 km.

Event epicenter was 52 km (33 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Volcán (c. 11 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boquete, Volcán, Golfito (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 9 km E of Limones, Panama.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-82.7839° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	8.112° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	15.79 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km E of Limones, Panama	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-10-24 07:29:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-10-24 07:41:58	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	298	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	0.607	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.94 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	145	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mwr	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000cchq	Id of event.
Event Code	6000cchq	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000cchq,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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