A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Burica in Panama. Exact location of event, longitude -82.4229 West, latitude 7.4811 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/11/24 / 2024-11-09 10:03:40 / November 9, 2024 @ 10:03 am UTC/GMT. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:03:40 / 10:03 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000nqv1. Event ids that are associated: us7000nqv1.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Las Lomas, David, Puerto Armuelles (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 105 km (65 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop).
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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. 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: 78 km SE of Burica, Panama.
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