M 6 in Panama on 13 May 2021 09:42 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 1268564
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 6.7528 , -82.3693
Event Date: 13 May 2021 09:42 UTC
13 May 2021 04:42 Local
Exposed Population: Few people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 May 2021 09:59 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4 (Panama)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000e2rq Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.87  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 21 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

An Earthquake Shakes The Capital Of Panama; No Damage ReportedSun, 16 May 2021 00:57:00 +0200.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 shook the capital of Panama in the early hours of this Saturday and scared many of its inhabitants. No damage was immediately reported. The United States Geological Survey said that the earthquake occurred at
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Séisme sous-marin de magnitude 6 au large du PanamaFri, 14 May 2021 12:14:00 +0200.

Un tremblement de terre d'une magnitude préliminaire de 6,0 a frappé jeudi dans les eaux au large de la côte sud du Panama, selon le US Geological Survey. Le séisme a été enregistré vers 9h42 GMT jeudi à une profondeur de 10 kilomètres sous
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6.0 magnitude quake recorded off south coast of PanamaThu, 13 May 2021 14:57:00 +0200.

n earthquake measuring a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 struck Thursday in waters off the south coast of Panama, according to the US Geological Survey. Panama City An earthquake measuring a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 struck Thursday in wat
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6.0 magnitude quake recorded off south coast of PanamaThu, 13 May 2021 14:18:00 +0200.

The quake was recorded around 9:42 GMT Thursday at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) under the northern Pacific Ocean, some 150 kilometers (93 miles) southeast of Punta de Burica, Panama. The USGS said little or no population was expose
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),