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Moderate earthquake: M5.8 quake has struck near Boca Chica in Panama


Earthquake location 7.4289S, -82.284WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) was reported 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Boca Chica in Panama on Monday. The 5.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:08:44 / 5:08 am (local time epicenter). 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: us7000n9fn. Id of event: us7000n9fn. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -82.284° West, latitude 7.4289° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/08/24 / 2024-08-26 05:08:44 / August 26, 2024 @ 5:08 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 112 km (70 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 112 km (70 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Armuelles, Las Lomas, David (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 87 km S of Boca Chica, Panama. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -82.284° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.4289° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 87 km S of Boca Chica, Panama Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-26 05:08:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-26 05:33:44 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 4.639 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 518 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 143 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.416 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000n9fn Id of event.
Event Code 7000n9fn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n9fn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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