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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Limones in Panama

Posted by admin on January 9, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 8.1818S, -82.9302WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Limones in Panama on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 14/12/24 / 2024-12-14 18:19:50 / December 14, 2024 @ 6:19 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -82.9302° West, 8.1818° North, depth 35 km. Event id: us6000ph6u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ph6u. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:19:50 / 6:19 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Volcán (c. 11 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Corredor (c. 7 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Boquete, Volcán, Las Lomas.

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 11 km NW of Limones, Panama. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -82.9302° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.1818° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km NW of Limones, Panama Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-14 18:19:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-09 15:24:00 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 312 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 43 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.879 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.47 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 164 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 us6000ph6u Id of event.
Event Code 6000ph6u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ph6u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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