A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Pedasi in Panama. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:41:52 / 11:41 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000crtp. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000crtp. Global time and date of event 31/01/18 / 2018-01-31 16:41:52 / January 31, 2018 @ 4:41 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -79.6614° West, 7.4777° North.
Country/countries that might be effected, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chitré, Los Santos, Las Tablas (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from Chitré (c. 44 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Las Tablas (c. 8 600 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Los Santos (c. 6 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 41 km E of Pedasi, Panama. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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