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Strong earthquake: M6.5 quake has struck near Burica in Panama


Earthquake location 7.2S, -82.3WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -82.3° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 7.2° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 111 km SE of Burica, Panama Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-21 14:50:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-21 15:02:28 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 1 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 650 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network at The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 154 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 2.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 71.99999424 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID at00sthakw Id of event.
Event Code 00sthakw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25080000,at00sthakw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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