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Sinaproc declared a green alert on 19 October for Mariato, Soná and Tonosí, quake-hit districts where 3,827 people were in shelters on 17 October. The post Panama Rain Alert Covers 3 Quake Districts appeared first on The Rio Times.
Elena Barría, 68, died on 14 October after being injured in Macaracas during Panama's 9 October earthquake, the state fund CSS confirmed. The post Elena Barría Is First Panama Quake Fatality appeared first on The Rio Times.
Panama was hit by a powerful 7.7 earthquake, a 6.6 aftershock and many tremors, damaging buildings and prompting evacuations but no deaths reported.
Panama’s president has declared a major disaster after two earthquakes struck the country’s south.
Two powerful 7.7 and 6.6 magnitude earthquakes and a series of aftershocks struck Panama on Friday afternoon, collapsing buildings near the epicentre and prompting evacuations across the country, the US Geological Survey said. The earlier quake, felt as far away as neighbouring Colombia, was centred about 10km (six miles) southwest of the remote community of Pitaloza Arriba, in the central province of Herrera, the USGS said. It struck at a depth of 10km. The USGS initially reported the first...
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake hit Panama on Friday, damaging a hotel and a church in Penonomé. No deaths are confirmed so far. The post Panama Quake Hits Penonomé Hotel and Church appeared first on The Rio Times.
Um forte terremoto de magnitude 7,6 na escala Richter ocorreu perto da costa sul do Panamá nesta sexta-feira (9), a uma profundidade de 10 quilômetros, de acordo com o Serviço Geológico dos EUA. Inicialmente não foram relatados danos, e a Autoridade do Canal do Panamá informou que a hidrovia estava operando normalmente. Imagens da televisão panamenha mostraram pessoas deixando prédios. O epicentro do terremoto foi próximo à comunidade rural de La Pitaloza, em uma área pouco povoada no sul do país, próxima à costa do Pacífico. O impacto levou o Sistema de Alerta de Tsunamis dos EUA a informar que ondas de tsunami perigosas poderiam ocorrer ao longo de trechos das costas do Panamá, Colômbia, Costa Rica, Equador, Peru, Nicarágua, Guatemala, El Salvador e México nas próximas três horas. O sistema também informou que havia ameaça de tsunami no Havaí. O terremoto foi sentido na capital, Cidade do Panamá, bem como na capital da vizinha Costa Rica, segundo testemunhas da Reuters. *Reportagem adicional de Álvaro Murillo, em San José É proibida a reprodução deste conteúdo