Moderate earthquake: M5.6 quake has struck near Puerto Armuelles in Panama

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Puerto Armuelles in Panama on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -82.9664 West, latitude 8.1941 North, depth = 10 km. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:41:39 / 12:41 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000dcx1. Unique identifier: us6000dcx1. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/01/21 / 2021-01-29 12:41:39 / January 29, 2021 @ 12:41 pm.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boquete, Volcán, Las Lomas. Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Volcán (c. 11 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Corredor (c. 7 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Golfito (c. 6 800 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-82.9664° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	8.1941° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14 km SW of Puerto Armuelles, Panama	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2021-01-29 12:41:39	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-01-29 13:00:41	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	483	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	0.41	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.74 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	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000dcx1	Id of event.
Event Code	6000dcx1	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000dcx1,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-82.9664° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

8.1941° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

14 km SW of Puerto Armuelles, Panama

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2021-01-29 12:41:39

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2021-01-29 13:00:41

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

2.7

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

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

483

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.41

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.74 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

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

us6000dcx1

Id of event.

Event Code

6000dcx1

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us6000dcx1,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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