4.6

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Las Huacas西南 6 km

Veraguas,巴拿马

震级

  • < 3
  • 3–4.9
  • 5–5.9
  • 6+
4.6Las Huacas西南 6 km
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距离

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Shaking

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深度

3 km

shallow

Aftershocks in this sequence

0

30 km · 2 d

Lat / Lon

7.854, -81.168

UTC 15:51:29

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What it felt like where you live

V · Strong

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Almost everyone feels it. Loose objects may shift.

  1. I
  2. II
  3. III
  4. IV
  5. V
  6. VI
  7. VII
  8. VIII
  9. IX
  10. X

Felt by nearly everyone. Small unstable objects fall.

What to do now

  • Drop.
  • Cover under a sturdy table.
  • Hold on until it stops.
  • Stay away from windows.

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What the magnitude means

Published magnitude: 4.6 M.

Where this earthquake sits

4.6
13569

Each extra point multiplies the energy by about 32 times.

Intensity: the epicenter and where you live

IIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXX
Epicenter

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What should I do now?

What happened

Magnitude 4.6 earthquake, Las Huacas西南 6 km (Veraguas,巴拿马), 3 km deep. It happened 1小时前 (…).

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What to do

  1. 1If it is still shaking: drop, cover and hold on.
  2. 2Check everyone is okay and put on shoes.
  3. 3Small aftershocks may follow. That's normal.
  4. 4Text your family instead of calling.

Aftershocks: they may occur over the next 2 days within about 30 km. Nobody can predict them.

Emergency numbers in 巴拿马

Call emergency services only for a life-threatening emergency or trapped people. To tell your family, send a message.

From a mobile phone, 112 works in many countries even without credit.

The main quake and its aftershocks

Aftershocks in this sequence

0

    No aftershocks recorded yet. If any appear, they show up here right away.

    Other quakes in the area

    0

    No earthquakes recorded in this area in the last 7 days.

    How long it took to reach you

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    Why it shakes here

    3 km deep. Without your location we do not estimate how it felt where you are.

    Technical detail

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    Intensity where you are

    Atkinson & Wald (2007) intensity prediction equation, California coefficients (Table 1). D is the catalog hypocentral distance and R = √(D² + 14²). The paper’s residual is about 0.4 MMI units. It was calibrated on California reports, not Panama. Atkinson, Worden & Wald (2014) note that it can overpredict large magnitudes at short range.

    At the epicenter: V

    The Mercalli scale runs to XII. This page shows I–X, the range of the equation.

    Equivalent motion

    PGA ≈ 53.7 cm/s² (0.055 g)

    PGV ≈ 4.0 cm/s

    This is not a recording of this earthquake. It is the PGA and PGV that Worden et al. (2012) associate, at the median, with that intensity, without the optional magnitude and distance residual. Scatter is about 0.35 in log10(PGA) and 0.38 in log10(PGV).

    I live in a building

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    What the magnitude means

    This is moment magnitude (Mw). It measures rupture size: area, slip and rigidity. It does not say how it felt at a place.

    Magnitude is one number for the earthquake. Mercalli intensity changes with place: the same event is strong nearby and weak far away. Richter is not Mercalli.

    Estimated radiated energy: 5.0×10^11 J. From log10(E) = 1.5 Mw + 4.8, with E in joules. One more Mw unit multiplies that energy by 31.6.

    Felt by nearly everyone. Small unstable objects fall.

    Shearer, P. M. (2009). Introduction to Seismology. Vp = 6,0 km/s y Vs = 3,5 km/s como velocidades constantes de corteza. Estimación, no un tiempo de viaje 3D.

    Atkinson, G. M., & Wald, D. J. (2007). “Did You Feel It?” intensity and ground-motion intensity conversion equations. Seismological Research Letters, 78(3), 362–368. doi:10.1785/gssrl.78.3.362. Coeficientes de California, tabla 1.

    Atkinson, G. M., Worden, C. B., & Wald, D. J. (2014). Intensity prediction equations for North America. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 104(6), 3084–3093. doi:10.1785/0120140178. AW07 puede sobrestimar magnitudes grandes a poca distancia.

    Worden, C. B., Gerstenberger, M. C., Rhoades, D. A., & Wald, D. J. (2012). Probabilistic relationships between ground-motion parameters and modified Mercalli intensity in California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 102(1), 204–221. doi:10.1785/0120110156. Inversión de la mediana bilineal (ShakeMap wgrw12).

    Kanamori, H. (1977). The energy release in great earthquakes. Journal of Geophysical Research, 82(20), 2981–2987. Hanks, T. C., & Kanamori, H. (1979). A moment magnitude scale. Journal of Geophysical Research, 84(B5), 2348–2350. log10(E en julios) = 1,5 Mw + 4,8.

    Periodo del edificio ≈ 0,1 × N segundos. Regla práctica del orden de las fórmulas de periodo de marcos (Chopra; ASCE 7). No es un análisis estructural.

    Brune, J. N. (1970). Tectonic stress and the spectra of seismic shear waves from earthquakes. Journal of Geophysical Research, 75(26), 4997–5009. fc = 4,9×10^6 × β × (Δσ/M0)^(1/3), con β = 3,5 km/s, Δσ = 30 bar (3 MPa) y M0 en dyn·cm. La caída de esfuerzos es un orden de magnitud de corteza (Kanamori & Anderson, 1975), no una medición de este sismo.

    Escala de intensidad de Mercalli modificada, descriptores en la línea de la ficha pública del USGS. La escala llega a XII; esta ecuación se muestra entre I y X.

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