A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Manaca Civil in Panama on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 14/07/24 / 2024-07-14 05:53:05 / July 14, 2024 @ 5:53 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -82.8085 West, latitude 8.2917 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us7000mz5u. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mz5u. The temblor was detected at 05:53:05 / 5:53 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Volcán (c. 11 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Boquete, Volcán, Golfito. Close country/countries that might be effected, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 3 km SSE of Manaca Civil, Panama.
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