A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Limones in Panama on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/07/24 / 2024-07-22 20:51:26 / July 22, 2024 @ 8:51 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -82.8246 West, latitude 8.102 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000nekl. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nekl. The temblor was reported at 20:51:26 / 8:51 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boquete, Volcán, Golfito (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Volcán (c. 11 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Corredor (c. 7 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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 E of Limones, Panama. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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