A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Burica in Panama on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000mvsh. Event ids that are associated: us6000mvsh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/04/24 / 2024-04-24 01:35:29 / April 24, 2024 @ 1:35 am. The temblor was detected at 01:35:29 / 1:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -82.6048 West, latitude 7.8399 North, depth = 10 km.
The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Concepción, Las Lomas, David.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km SE of Burica, Panama. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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