M7.6 Earthquake in Panama(earthquake.usgs.gov)
108 pointsby gslin4 hours ago15 comments
  • rumbledownunda2 hours ago
    I am in the hills just outside of penonome,panama. The initial rumble made the power go out and I could see visible shaking, but not quite enough to damage my house. There are some damaged homes and commercial buildings, but usually the older or poorly co structed ones. We are not used to earthquakes around here. There are still small rumbles happening even right now.
  • stickfigure4 hours ago
    Still early, but so far local news does not look especially bad:

    https://www.telemetro.com/nacionales/asi-se-vivio-el-fuerte-...

  • includenotfound3 hours ago
    I'm in Panama City and felt the shake. Wasn't too bad. Entire building got out. Seems fine now, no apparent damages as of yet
  • _Bruno423 hours ago
    "THERE IS NO LONGER A TSUNAMI THREAT FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE." from tsunami.gov's last report 2min ago
  • lsllc2 hours ago
    There was a M4.0 in the Dominican Republic earlier in the week.

    https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr20262770...

  • pluc3 hours ago
    Well, gas is gonna go up
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  • neves3 hours ago
    remember that other day Venezuela had a terrible earthquake
    • klardotsh3 hours ago
      It's not called the Pacific Ring Of Fire for nothing. There's earthquakes all up and down the coast, from Chile all the way to Alaska and wrapping around to the Asian coasts, all the time.
      • fritzo3 hours ago
        Isn't Venezuela on the Atlantic?
        • bell-cotan hour ago
          It's mostly on the Caribbean Sea. Which kinda has its own little ring of fire - https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/tectonic/images/cari...
        • stackghost2 hours ago
          It is, but there's a subduction zone just off their northern coast following the curve of the Lesser Antilles so I could see how someone might mistakenly lump it into the pacific ring. It's not that far away from the northern Andes, in the grand scheme of things.
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  • wang_li4 hours ago
    Wonder if there could ever be enough damage resulting in the lake draining because the locks failed?
    • uberduper3 hours ago
      Yes. This quake was pretty far from the locks tho.
  • codruterdei4 hours ago
    Is there a tsunami risk?
    • david9274 hours ago
      "Tsunami surges of 1 to 3 meters are projected for Panama coastlines, with waves of 0.3 to 1 meter forecast for Ecuador."
      • codruterdei4 hours ago
        Am I ignorant or that’s not that bad?
        • tantalor3 hours ago
          Several hundred meters inland, as far as 2km
  • ycui74 hours ago
    does this cause blockage in the canal ?
    • ahnick3 hours ago
      Sit on a prop desk?
  • markus_zhang4 hours ago
    DYFI IX -- I think this is pretty bad.
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