A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Jaqué in Panama. Event id: us6000rev6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rev6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:42:15 / 11:42 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/10/25 / 2025-10-04 23:42:15 / October 4, 2025 @ 11:42 pm. Exact location, longitude -78.0468° West, latitude 7.3934° North, depth = 10 km.
Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Unión Chocó (c. 9 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Unión Chocó (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Panama (c. 3 411 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 18 km SE of Jaqué, Panama.
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