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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Burica in Panama


Earthquake location 7.6677S, -82.446WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Burica in Panama. Unique identifier: us6000muue. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000muue. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/04/24 / 2024-04-29 09:00:06 / April 29, 2024 @ 9:00 am. The temblor was detected at 09:00:06 / 9:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -82.446 West, latitude 7.6677 North, depth = 36.491 km. 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 36.491 km (23 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Lomas, David, Puerto Armuelles. Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop).

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 four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 61 km SE of Burica, Panama. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -82.446° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.6677° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.491 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61 km SE of 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 2024-04-29 09:00:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-29 09:18:53 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 41 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.137 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 146 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 us6000muue Id of event.
Event Code 6000muue An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000muue, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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