Brundageba Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Strong earthquake About 2:20 pm . Brisas Boquetenas: long very strong shake. Strongest we have had in awhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnF13 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Supposedly a 6.0 or 6.1. Very strong in Potrerillos, water splashing out of my reserve tanks. Apart from that, no problems here, hope everyone else is safe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundageba Posted May 12, 2019 Author Share Posted May 12, 2019 I am amazed our house and walls etc are intact. No cracks. Pictures on the wall are tilted every which way.. No landslides that I see anywhere around me. So all is well at our household in Brisas in Alto Boquete . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Preliminary report Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 The coincidence of tectonic plates that makes this area a hot seismic zone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penny Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Is it just my imagination or do we get more earthquakes in May than any other month? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted May 13, 2019 Moderators Share Posted May 13, 2019 Quote Damage and injuries in 6.2 earthquake Posted 12/05/2019 Businesses and homes were damaged and at least two people were injured by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake that rocked western Panama in the border with Costa Rica soon after 1 pm on Sunday, May 12. It was initially reported as 6.3 on the Richter scale The National Seismological Network said the quake occurred at 13.24 local time (19.24 GMT) with an epicenter one kilometer northeast of the town of La Cuesta. Authorities indicated that the quake originated 24 kilometers deep and was reported as felt in most of the country but particularly in Chiriqui Bocas del Toro and Cocle. The map of the first reports made by users of the National Seismological Network indicates that the intensity in the Central Valley was between a III (weak) and IV (moderate) in the Mercalli Scale. While in the area of the epicenter the tremor had an intensity between V (strong) and VI(very strong) in the Mercalli Scale. Panama’s Civil Protection body (Sinaproc) announced on its Twitter account that there is no tsunami warning and asked the population to stay calm and follow official reports https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/damage-and-injuries-in-62-earthquake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 13.24 local time = Tico time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 On Saturday there was also an unrelated 5.4 tremor on the Caribbean coast near Colon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Doug Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 It really shook in Palo Alto. No apparent damage, but I don't think homes are supposed to bounce ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Doug Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Isn't it unusual that we haven't had any aftershocks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted May 14, 2019 Moderators Share Posted May 14, 2019 Quote Second quake in Colon after Chiriqui homes destroyed Posted 13/05/2019 A second earthquake this time of magnitude 5.4 was registered on Sunday, May 12, this time in Colon, following the earlier 6.3 quake in Chiriquiwhich affected 64 people, including adults and children and totally destroyed 8 homes. according to reports from the Civil Protection System, (Sinaproc), the shock came soon after nine o'clock at night, with the epicenter at a depth of 10 kilometers and was located 43 kilometers from Nuevo Paraíso, in Colon. The Joint Task Force reported that 43 adults and 19 minors were affected by the theearlier quake, whose epicenter was 22 kilometers from Puerto Armuelles. The Social Security Fund assisted an adult over 98 years of age, a pregnant woman of 37 years and two children of 8 and 7 years old, who suffered injuries due to the earthquake. The National Aeronaval Service (Senan) carried out the transfer of a 17-year-old boy who suffered a fracture. Eight houses were totally destroyed and five 5 were with partially damaged in the district of Barú where schools were closed on Monday. Schools in the Bocas del Toro and Chiriqui must take precautionary measures before children enter says a Ministry of Education press release. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/second-quake-in-colon-after-chiriqui-homes-destroyed-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyful Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 (edited) 20 hours ago, Uncle Doug said: Isn't it unusual that we haven't had any aftershocks? 11 the same day and 6 the next day: Edited May 15, 2019 by Joyful 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundageba Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 11 small ones better that one huge big one. right? Plates moving I guess....or is this a Baru thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 4 minutes ago, Brundageba said: Plates moving I guess....or is this a Baru thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Doug Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Baru isn't coming to life, at least not at present. The last known steam vents became inactive 7 or 8 years ago. It appears to be getting really dead. The USGS warns this can change. I think it wants about a million years after an eruption to declare a volcano truly dormant, and it's been about 500 years since Baru last erupted. We apparently have a while to wait before we can truly know we're in no danger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundageba Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 Yah I want to be dead of natural causes first...before Baru proves itself....one way or tuther. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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