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M=6.3 Panama-Costa Rica border region Preliminary Earthquake Report


Magnitude

6.3

Date-Time

Thursday, December 25, 2003 at 07:11:11 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Thursday, December 25, 2003 at 02:11:11 AM local time at epicenter

Location

8.43N 82.82W Depth 33.0 kilometers Region PANAMA-COSTA RICA BORDER REGION

Reference

45 km (25 miles) W of David, Panama
120 km (75 miles) SSW of Bocas del Toro, Panama
175 km (110 miles) S of Limon, Costa Rica
370 km (230 miles) W of PANAMA CITY, Panama

Location Quality Error estimate: horizontal +/- 8.3 km; depth fixed by location program Location Quality

Parameters

Nst=156, Nph=156, Dmin=2049.1 km, Rmss=1.24 sec, Erho=8.3 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=64.3 degrees

Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) World Data Center for Seismology, Denver