Strong earthquake 6.1 mag, 7 km SE of Plaza de Caisan, Panama

A earthquake magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Plaza de Caisan in Panama. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.26 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us70003k3p. Unique identifier: us70003k3p. Global time and date of event 12/05/19 / 2019-05-12 19:24:52 / May 12, 2019 @ 7:24 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -82.7684 West, latitude 8.6919 North, depth = 37.26 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:24:52 / 2:24 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Changuinola (c. 22 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Bocas del Toro (c. 13 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Buenos Aires (c. 11 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Daniel Flores, Mercedes, Bocas del Toro. Close country/countries, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. 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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 7 km SE of Plaza de Caisan, Panama.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-82.7684° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	8.6919° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	37.26 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7km SE of Plaza de Caisan, Panama	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-05-12 19:24:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-05-12 19:44:22	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	10	The total number of felt reports
CDI	6.2	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	5.425	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	0	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	579	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.129	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.97 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	91	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us70003k3p	Id of event.
Event Code	70003k3p	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70003k3p,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

6.1 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-82.7684° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

8.6919° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

37.26 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

7km SE of Plaza de Caisan, Panama

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2019-05-12 19:24:52

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-05-12 19:44:22

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-300

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

6.2

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

5.425

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

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

579

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,us,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.129

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.97 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us70003k3p

Id of event.

Event Code

70003k3p

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us70003k3p,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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