A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Cerro Punta in Panama. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008e6n. Id of event: us10008e6n. Exact location of event, longitude -82.5706 West, latitude 8.864 North, depth = 18.01 km. The temblor was reported at 15:25:34 / 3:25 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 18.01 km (11 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/04/17 / 2017-04-03 20:25:34 / April 3, 2017 @ 8:25 pm.
Nearby country/countries, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Buenos Aires, Puerto Armuelles, Guabito (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Changuinola (c. 22 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Bocas del Toro (c. 13 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 1 km NNW of Cerro Punta, Panama. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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