Overall Orange Earthquake in Panama on 26 Jun 2019 05:23 UTC

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M 6.2 in Panama on 26 Jun 2019 05:23 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	EQ 1182988
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.2M
Glide number:	EQ-2019-000070-PAN
Depth:	26.22 Km
Lat/Lon:	8.449 , -82.7677
Event Date:	26 Jun 2019 05:23 UTC 26 Jun 2019 00:23 Local
Exposed Population:	About 28000 people in MMI 670000 people within 100km
Inserted at:	27 Jun 2019 05:28 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	4 (Panama)
INFORM Coping capacity list:	Panama= 4; Costa Rica= 2.7

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	1.2		0		1.2
us7000455l	Scaled population (raster)	3.85	Max wave alert	0m
	C1 shakemap	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0m
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.87

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Panama - Earthquake (ECHO 26 Jun 2019)Wed, 26 Jun 2019 13:07

An earthquake of 6.2M at the depth of 26 km occurred in western Chiriquí Province (eastern Panama) on 26 June at 5.23 UTC. The epicentre was located close to the border with Costa Rica, approximately 20 km south-west of La Concepcion City and 35 km east of provincial capital David.
Up to 85,000 people were exposed to very strong shaking and up to 300,000 to strong shaking. As of 26 June at 7.00 UTC, a total of five aftershocks of at least 3.0 M were recorded in the same area. There are no reports of casualties and damage.

Panama, Costa Rica - Earthquake update (ECHO 27 Jun 2019)Thu, 27 Jun 2019 13:06

Following an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 in western Chiriquí Province (eastern Panama) on 26 June at 5.23 UTC, the regional hospital of David City was temporarily evacuated. In Costa Rica, across southern Puntarena Province, some left their homes, two houses were damaged and power cuts were reported.
Over the next 24 hours, moderate rainfall is forecast over most of Panama and Costa Rica, while locally heavy rainfall is expected over northern Costa Rica and central-eastern Panama.

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