Strong earthquake was recorded in western Panama

An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 shook Panama this Thursday, being felt especially in the west of the country, with no record of people injured or damaged according to the first official information.

The Institute of Geosciences of the University of Panama (UP-state) specified that the telluric movement was recorded at 6:57 local time (13:57 GMT) 72 kilometers from the island of Coiba (Pacific), at a depth of 10 kilometers.

Local media reported that the earthquake, whose magnitude The United States Geological Survey put it at 6.7.was felt especially in western Panama and some areas of the San Miguelito district, the metropolitan area of ​​the country’s capital.

The TV network showed images of the preventive evacuation of the main hospital in David, the capital of the province of Chiriquí, which borders Costa Rica and is a highly seismic zone.

The National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc) reported that it was maintaining “monitoring and surveillance” in 5 of the 10 provinces of the country as a result of the earthquake.

Source: Elcomercio

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