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Very strong mag. 6.1 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, Panama, on Friday, Jan 28, 2022 at 6:14 am (GMT -5) -

Very strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake at 10 km depth

28 Jan 11:21 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 7 minutes.
28 Jan 11:22: Epicenter location corrected by 2.2 km (1.4 mi) towards E.
28 Jan 11:32: Now using data updates from USGS

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jan 28, 2022 11:14:09 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Friday, Jan 28, 2022 at 6:14 am (GMT -5)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	6.1
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	5.4909°N / 82.5881°W (North Pacific Ocean, Panama)
Antipode	5.491°S / 97.412°E
Shaking intensity	Strong shaking near epicenter
Felt	1 report
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	516 km (321 mi) SW of Panama (pop: 408,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 525 km (326 mi) SW of Contadora Island (pop: 350) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Light Rain 26.5°C (80 F), humidity: 73%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from WSW
Estimated seismic energy released	8.9 x 10¹³ joules (24.8 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 21301 tons of TNT or 1.3 atomic bombs!) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.

Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
6.1	10 km	282 Km SW of Arenas, Panama	USGS
5.9	20 km	Panama: 197 Km Al Noroeste De Isla De Malpelo, Colombia	INETER
6.1	10 km	SOUTH OF PANAMA	EMSC
6.1	10 km	South of Panama	RaspberryShake
6.0	10 km	South of Panama	GFZ
6.1	10 km	South of Panama	GeoAu
5.3	10 km	Panama: Near David	RENASS
5.1	3 km	151 Km Al Sur De Punta Burica, Panama.	RSN

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Tegucigalpa, Honduras (TGUH/CU network) | Distance from quake: 1082 km / 672 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Tegucigalpa, Honduras: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.02-5.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

User reports for this quake (10)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.

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Santo Domingo, Distrito de Las Tablas, Los Santos (368 km NE of epicenter) [Map] / not felt

Sona veraguas (283.5 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s

Bajo Boquete, Chiriquí (366.7 km N of epicenter) [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)

Coronado (450.8 km NE of epicenter) [Map] / not felt

Pérez Zeledón / not felt (reported through our app)

City / not felt

Stanwood, Washington / not felt

Panamá / not felt (reported through our app)

Puerto Armuelles / not felt

City / not felt

Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (3 quakes)

Date and time	Mag Depth	Location	Details
Jul 7, 2022 16:05 38 weeks ago	4.6 10 km	North Pacific Ocean, Panama	More
May 3, 2022 08:28 47 weeks ago	4.6 10 km	North Pacific Ocean, Panama	More
Feb 23, 2022 21:38 1 year 5 weeks ago	4.7 10 km	North Pacific Ocean, Panama	More

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