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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near El Palmar in Panama


Earthquake location 8.3222S, -82.9068WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from El Palmar in Panama on Thursday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:19:51 / 5:19 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -82.9068 West, latitude 8.3222 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 18/02/21 / 2021-02-18 05:19:51 / February 18, 2021 @ 5:19 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dikq. Id of event: us6000dikq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 54 km (33 miles) from David (c. 82 900 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Puerto Armuelles (c. 18 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from La Concepción (c. 16 900 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Pedregal (c. 16 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Las Lomas (c. 11 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Volcán (c. 11 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Boquete, Volcán, Las Lomas (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km WNW of El Palmar, Panama. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -82.9068° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.3222° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km WNW of El Palmar, Panama Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-18 05:19:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-18 06:11:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 271 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 0.417 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 196 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000dikq Id of event.
Event Code 6000dikq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000dikq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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