Light mag. 3.1 earthquake - 5.7 km southwest of Tonosi, Provincia de Los Santos, Panama, on Monday, Dec 27, 2021 at 6:26 pm (GMT -5) -
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Light magnitude 3.1 earthquake at 10 km depth
27 Dec 23:32 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 5 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Dec 27, 2021 23:26:48 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Monday, Dec 27, 2021 at 6:26 pm (GMT -5) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.1 |
| Depth | 10.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 7.36°N / 80.46°W  (Tonosi District, Provincia de Los Santos, Panama) |
| Antipode | 7.36°S / 99.54°E |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 3 km (2 mi) NW of La Liboria (Los Santos) (pop: 29) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 6 km (4 mi) SSW of Tonosi (Los Santos) (pop: 1,480) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 36 km (22 mi) SSE of Llano de Piedra (Los Santos) (pop: 1,050) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 42 km (26 mi) S of La Palma (Los Santos) (pop: 1,280) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 47 km (29 mi) SW of La Palma (Los Santos) (pop: 1,140) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 49 km (31 mi) SSW of Las Tablas (Los Santos) (pop: 8,940) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 51 km (32 mi) WSW of Pedasi (Los Santos) (pop: 1,920) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 67 km (42 mi) S of San Juan Bautista (Chitré, Herrera) (pop: 11,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 69 km (43 mi) S of Monagrillo (Chitré, Herrera) (pop: 10,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 209 km (130 mi) SSW of Panama (Panamá) (pop: 408,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Light Rain  25.7°C (78 F), humidity: 84%, wind: 3 m/s (7 kts) from N |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 2.8 x 109 joules (783 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.674 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.1 | 10 km | PANAMA | EMSC |
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