A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Boca Chica in Panama. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mqxx. Id of event: us7000mqxx. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:49:23 / 1:49 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.181 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/06/24 / 2024-06-07 13:49:23 / June 7, 2024 @ 1:49 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -82.3344 West, latitude 7.7231 North, depth = 9.181 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Concepción, Puerto Armuelles, Las Lomas (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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