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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag strikes near Santo Domingo in Panama

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A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Santo Domingo in Panama. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/07/24 / 2024-07-08 09:54:55 / July 8, 2024 @ 9:54 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 31.236 km (19 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000mxr8. Event ids that are associated: us7000mxr8. Exact location of event, depth 31.236 km, -82.7029° West, 8.512° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:54:55 / 9:54 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Changuinola (c. 22 900 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Bocas del Toro (c. 13 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bocas del Toro, Changuinola, Buenos Aires (min 5000 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 1 km E of Santo Domingo, Panama. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-82.7029° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	8.512° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	31.236 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	1 km E of Santo Domingo, Panama	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-07-08 09:54:55	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-08 10:29:51	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	4	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	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	434	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	115	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.618	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.28 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	49	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	us7000mxr8	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mxr8	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mxr8,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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