A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Pedasi in Panama. The temblor was detected at 07:09:55 / 7:09 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cqme. Unique identifier: us2000cqme. Exact location of earthquake, -79.57° West, 7.36° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/01/18 / 2018-01-28 12:09:55 / January 28, 2018 @ 12:09 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Tablas (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Las Tablas (c. 8 600 pop).
Each 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km ESE of Pedasi, Panama. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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