M 4.5 in Panama on 21 Jan 2021 06:32 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 1252508
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 7.5114 , -82.5272
Event Date: 21 Jan 2021 06:32 UTC
21 Jan 2021 00:32 Local
Exposed Population:
About 73000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Jan 2021 07:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4 (Panama)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Panama= 4; Costa Rica= 2.7

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000d1y9 Scaled population (vector) 3.9  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.87  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Significant magnitude 5.0 quake hits 13 km southwest of Puerto Armuell ... Tue, 05 Jan 2021 02:28:00 +0100.

5.0 quake 4 Jan 6:55 pm (GMT -6) The Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies (INETER) reported a magnitude 5.0 quake in Panama near Puerto Armuelles, Provincia de Chiriqui, only 11 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early evening on Monday
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Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, Costa Rica, 17 km ... Tue, 05 Jan 2021 02:28:00 +0100.

The Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies (INETER) reported a magnitude 5.0 quake in Panama near Puerto Armuelles, Provincia de Chiriqui, only 11 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early evening on Monday 4 January 2021 at 6:55 pm local
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),