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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Burica in Panama

Posted by admin on July 29, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 7.9915S, -83.0899WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Burica in Panama. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:24:23 / 1:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -83.0899 West, latitude 7.9915 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ngni. Id of event: us6000ngni. Global time and date of event 29/07/24 / 2024-07-29 13:24:23 / July 29, 2024 @ 1:24 pm UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Lomas, David, Pedregal (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Corredor (c. 7 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Golfito (c. 6 800 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 24 km W of Burica, Panama.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -83.0899° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.9915° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 km W of Burica, Panama Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-29 13:24:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-29 15:56:09 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 326 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 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.475 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 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 us6000ngni Id of event.
Event Code 6000ngni An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ngni, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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