A earthquake with magnitude 6.5 (ml/mb) was reported 111 kilometers (69 miles) from Burica in Panama on Friday. The 6.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:50:56 / 2:50 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/03/25 / 2025-03-21 14:50:56 / March 21, 2025 @ 2:50 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -82.3 West, latitude 7.2 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Burica in Panama (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: at00sthakw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25080000, at00sthakw.
Nearby country/countries, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pedregal (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 131 km (81 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 111 km SE of Burica, Panama.
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