A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Tonosi in Panama. Exact location of event, longitude -80.5658 West, latitude 7.446 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us1000er1r. Event ids that are associated: us1000er1r. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/06/18 / 2018-06-13 23:54:45 / June 13, 2018 @ 11:54 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 18:54:45 / 6:54 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Soná, Natá, Pocrí (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Santiago de Veraguas (c. 45 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Chitré (c. 44 000 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Aguadulce (c. 17 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Pocrí (c. 11 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Las Tablas (c. 8 600 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Soná (c. 7 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Los Santos (c. 6 000 pop). Close country/countries, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 13 km WNW of Tonosi, Panama.
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