Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Puerto Armuelles in Panama

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Puerto Armuelles in Panama. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:48:59 / 4:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -82.8776° West, latitude 8.2214° North, depth = 22.913 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.913 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/07/24 / 2024-07-14 16:48:59 / July 14, 2024 @ 4:48 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000mz83. Event ids that are associated: us7000mz83.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Boquete, Volcán, Las Lomas (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 66 km (41 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 eight, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 6 km SSW of Puerto Armuelles, Panama.

Boquete David La Concepción Las Lomas Panama Pedregal Puerto Armuelles Volcán

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-82.8776° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	8.2214° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	22.913 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km SSW of Puerto Armuelles, Panama	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-07-14 16:48:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-28 16:50:33	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	22	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.476	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.01 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	147	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	us7000mz83	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mz83	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mz83,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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