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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 2 km S of Santa Rosa, Panama


Earthquake location 8.5843S, -82.6834WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Santa Rosa in Panama on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mxrn. Id of event: us7000mxrn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 12:31:30 / 12:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -82.6834 West, latitude 8.5843 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 08/07/24 / 2024-07-08 12:31:30 / July 8, 2024 @ 12:31 pm UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Almirante, Golfito, Puerto Armuelles. The epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Volcán (c. 11 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 2 km S of Santa Rosa, Panama.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -82.6834° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.5843° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km S of Santa Rosa, Panama Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-08 12:31:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-27 08:16:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 284 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.873 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 138 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000mxrn Id of event.
Event Code 7000mxrn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mxrn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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