A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Puerto Armuelles 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: us7000mzaj. Id of event: us7000mzaj. Global time and date of event 15/07/24 / 2024-07-15 05:59:36 / July 15, 2024 @ 5:59 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -82.8627 West, latitude 8.2356 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:59:36 / 5:59 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Boquete, Volcán, Las Lomas. Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Volcán (c. 11 200 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 four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km S of Puerto Armuelles, Panama. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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