A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Puerto Armuelles in Panama. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:49:01 / 5:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -82.8127 West, latitude 8.2536 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mzah. Unique identifier: us7000mzah. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/07/24 / 2024-07-15 05:49:01 / July 15, 2024 @ 5:49 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Boquete, Volcán, Golfito. Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Volcán (c. 11 200 pop). Close country/countries, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirteen 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 6 km ESE of Puerto Armuelles, Panama. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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