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Moderate earthquake: M5.4 quake has struck near Puerto Armuelles in Panama


Earthquake location 8.1898S, -82.7239WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Puerto Armuelles in Panama on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -82.7239° West, 8.1898° North. Global time and date of event 13/07/24 / 2024-07-13 21:34:00 / July 13, 2024 @ 9:34 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000mz45. Event ids that are associated: us7000mz45. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:34:00 / 9:34 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Volcán (c. 11 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Corredor (c. 7 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boquete, Volcán, Golfito. Close country/countries, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km ESE of Puerto Armuelles, Panama. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -82.7239° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.1898° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18 km ESE of Puerto Armuelles, Panama Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-13 21:34:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-13 21:49:27 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 449 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 144 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.629 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 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 us7000mz45 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mz45 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mz45, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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