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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Boca Chica in Panama


Earthquake location 7.6813S, -82.2226WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Boca Chica in Panama. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nn8v. Id of event: us7000nn8v. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:55:37 / 9:55 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.712 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/10/24 / 2024-10-25 21:55:37 / October 25, 2024 @ 9:55 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -82.2226° West, 7.6813° North, depth 30.712 km.

The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto Armuelles, David, Las Lomas. Nearby country/countries, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 59 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 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -82.2226° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.6813° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.712 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59 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 2024-10-25 21:55:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-25 22:21:50 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 340 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 85 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.306 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 148 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 us7000nn8v Id of event.
Event Code 7000nn8v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nn8v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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