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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag has occurred near Puerto Armuelles in Panama


Earthquake location 8.2718S, -82.9522WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Puerto Armuelles in Panama on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -82.9522° West, 8.2718° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/01/21 / 2021-01-29 13:14:44 / January 29, 2021 @ 1:14 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dcx7. Id of event: us6000dcx7. The temblor was picked up at 13:14:44 / 1:14 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 109 km (67 miles) from Buenos Aires (c. 11 700 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Volcán (c. 11 200 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Corredor (c. 7 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Buenos Aires, Boquete, Volcán (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Costa Rica (c. 4 516 000 pop), Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 9 km W of Puerto Armuelles, Panama.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -82.9522° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.2718° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km W of Puerto Armuelles, Panama Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-29 13:14:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-29 13:35:54 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 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 466 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 0.388 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 126 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 us6000dcx7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000dcx7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000dcx7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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