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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Punta de Burica in Panama

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Punta de Burica in Panama. The epicenter was at a depth of 14.97 km (9 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 05:19:04 / 5:19 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000cbpr. Event ids that are associated: us7000cbpr. Exact location, longitude -83.0057° West, latitude 8.0438° North, depth = 14.97 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/11/20 / 2020-11-07 05:19:04 / November 7, 2020 @ 5:19 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Volcán, Las Lomas, David (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 76 km (47 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Volcán (c. 11 200 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Corredor (c. 7 100 pop).

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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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: 15 km W of Punta de Burica, Panama.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-83.0057° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	8.0438° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	14.97 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	15 km W of Punta de Burica, Panama	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-11-07 05:19:04	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-11-07 05:44:47	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	340	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	0.479	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.96 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	164	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	us7000cbpr	Id of event.
Event Code	7000cbpr	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000cbpr,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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