Friday, August 22, 2008

Earthquake!

Okay, so it just shook my bed for quite a while and got my heart beating in the early morning hours. Nothing fell off my shelves or anything of the sort. But it was quite a rumbler!

Magnitude 5.0 PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION
Friday, August 22, 2008 at 11:04:56 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude 5.0
# Date-Time Friday, August 22, 2008 at 11:04:56 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
# Friday, August 22, 2008 at 06:04:56 AM local time at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 8.39N 82.82W
Depth 43.7 kilometers
Region PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION
Distances 45 km (25 miles) W of David, Panama
45 km (30 miles) SE of Golfito, Costa Rica
120 km (75 miles) SSW of Bocas del Toro, Panama
370 km (230 miles) W of PANAMA CITY, Panama
Location Uncertainty Error estimate: horizontal +/- 10.4 km; depth +/- 11.6 km
Parameters Nst=123, Nph=123, Dmin=313.4 km, Rmss=1.06 sec, Erho=10.4 km, Erzz=11.6 km, Gp=148.5 degrees
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID uswaa7

Earthquake Location

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