A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Burica in Panama on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -82.5588° West, latitude 7.7596° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 02:10:28 / 2:10 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mvsk. Unique identifier: us6000mvsk. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/04/24 / 2024-04-24 02:10:28 / April 24, 2024 @ 2:10 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 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop). 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 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 was reported nearby. 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.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 45 km SE of Burica, Panama.
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