M 6.6 in Panama on 08 Dec 2014 08:54 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1044682
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.6M
Depth: 20 Km
Lat/Lon: 7.97 , -82.69
Event Date: 08 Dec 2014 08:54 UTC
08 Dec 2014 03:54 Local
Exposed Population: 510000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Dec 2014 09:54 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0.8 0.1 0.5
Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0.05m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
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Latest media headlines

6.4-magnitude quake rattles west Panama 12/9/2014 1:49:00 AM.

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake shook western Panama early Monday, authorities reported. The quake, which occurred at 3:54 am local time (0854 GMT), was centered west of the country. There were no reports of victims or major damage. The quake wa
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6.4-magnitude quake rattles west Panama 12/8/2014 11:16:00 PM.

PANAMA CITY, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- A 6.4-magnitude earthquake shook western Panama early Monday, authorities reported. The quake, which occurred at 3:54 a.m. local time (0854 GMT), was centered west of the country. There were no reports of vic
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Moderate earthquake – Panama-costa Rica Border Region on December 8, 2.. 12/8/2014 8:10:00 PM.

Veraguas - no damage... Bocas - Hard shaking. Pictures and things on counter moved. Panamá - Weak shaking in Panamá Panama City - Dec 8, 2014 around 3:55 a.m. we felt a fairly strong quake. It was strong enough to make our parrot fall off
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Magnitude-6.6 earthquake hits off Panama coast 12/8/2014 7:24:00 PM.

PANAMA CITY (AP) — A strong earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Panama on Monday, but local emergency officials said there were no reports of damage or injury. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-6.6 quake struck at 3:54 a.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (88), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), (3), INFORM (4),