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Light mag. 3.4 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 44 km southwest of David, Provincia de Chiriqui, Panama, on Monday, Dec 5, 2022 at 3:46 am (GMT -5) -

Light magnitude 3.4 earthquake at 6 km depth

5 Dec 08:49 UTC: First to report: INETER after 2 minutes.
5 Dec 08:56: Magnitude recalculated from 3.2 to 3.3. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 11.0 to 14.0 km (from 6.8 to 8.7 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 1.8 km (1.1 mi) towards NNE.
5 Dec 13:14: Magnitude recalculated from 3.3 to 3.4. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 14.0 to 6.0 km (from 8.7 to 3.7 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 5.3 km (3.3 mi) towards SSE.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Dec 5, 2022 08:46:38 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Monday, Dec 5, 2022 at 3:46 am (GMT -5)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	3.4
Depth	6.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	8.254°N / 82.794°W (North Pacific Ocean, Provincia de Chiriqui, Panama)
Antipode	8.254°S / 97.206°E
Shaking intensity	Light shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	INETER
Nearest volcano	Baru (68 km / 42 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	8 km (5 mi) ESE of Puerto Armuelles (Chiriquí) (pop: 11,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 20 km (12 mi) SSW of Divala (Chiriquí) (pop: 2,510) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 22 km (14 mi) SSE of Progreso (PA.02.0419, Chiriquí) (pop: 2,210) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 26 km (16 mi) NNE of Punta de Burica (Chiriquí) (pop: 1,360) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 31 km (19 mi) WSW of Guarumal (Chiriquí) (pop: 1,580) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 35 km (22 mi) SSW of Concepcion (Chiriquí) (pop: 17,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 44 km (28 mi) WSW of David (Chiriquí) (pop: 82,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 369 km (229 mi) WSW of Panama (Panamá) (pop: 408,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Scattered Clouds 23°C (73 F), humidity: 89%, wind: 2 m/s (3 kts) from NNW
Estimated seismic energy released	7.9 x 10⁹ joules (2.21 megawatt hours, equivalent to 1.9 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
3.4	6 km	Panama: 6 Km Al Sur De Manglares De Majagual, Panamá	INETER
3.2	15 km	12 Km Al Este De Puerto Armuelles, Panama.	RSN

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Seismic station: Heredia, Costa Rica (HDC/G network) | Distance from quake: 242 km / 151 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Heredia, Costa Rica: 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: 0.5-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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