A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Manaca Civil in Panama on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/07/24 / 2024-07-22 20:17:55 / July 22, 2024 @ 8:17 pm. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:17:55 / 8:17 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000nekb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nekb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -82.7302° West, 8.2425° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boquete, Volcán, Golfito. Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Volcán (c. 11 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Corredor (c. 7 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Golfito (c. 6 800 pop). 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 two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 13 km SE of Manaca Civil, Panama.
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