M 5.6 in Panama on 22 Jul 2024 20:17 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 1438511
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 8.2425 , -82.7302
Event Date: 22 Jul 2024 20:17 UTC
22 Jul 2024 15:17 Local
Exposed Population: 2 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 22 Jul 2024 20:38 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4 (Panama)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Panama= 4; Costa Rica= 2.7

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
us6000nekb Scaled population (raster) 1.43  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.87  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 54 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

COLUMN: Team Rubicon Is A Vital Part of Emergency Management and the W ... 2024-07-26T14:57+0200.

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Seismic-like event, possible earthquake, reported few minutes ago near ... 2024-07-26T04:06+0200.

We are receiving unverified early reports of ground shaking possibly caused by seismic activity in or near Concepcion, Chiriquí, Panama on 26 Jul 2024 (GMT) at approximately 01:54 GMT. There are no details yet on the magnitude or depth of t
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Panama Earthquakes In Chiriqui Are Not Volcanic - They Are Tectonic2024-07-25T21:01+0200.

- Newsroom Panama) Earthquakes in Chiriquí are the product of a tectonic process, not volcanic. Earthquakes are normal because Chiriqui is in a highly seismic area, but the guard should not be lowered because there could be others of highe
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Terremoto fortissimo, la scossa di magnitudo 5.12024-07-25T10:44+0200.

Terremoto, scossa di magnitudo 2,2 nel Senese. Non si registrano danni - Monteroni d’Arbia (Siena), 23 luglio 2024 – Una scossa di terremoto di magnitudo 2. La scossa si è verificata alle ore 21. 40 del 23 luglio a 10 chilometri di profondi
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),