A powerful earthquake occurred in one country
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- An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 occurred in Panama with an epicenter 40 km southwest of the city of Sona and a source at a depth of 11 km.
- Information confirmed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center.
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Why It Matters
Panama is located in a seismically active zone of Central America, where tremors of varying intensity are regularly recorded.
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.1 occurred in Panama, a Central American country. Attention was drawn to the impact of the disaster on the website of the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC).
Tremors were recorded on Monday, October 12, at 18:20 local time (02:20 Tuesday, October 13, Moscow time). Their epicenter was located 40 kilometers southwest of the city of Sona, whose population is about 7.6 thousand people. The outbreak lay at a depth of 11 kilometers.
Open Questions
- Were there any casualties or damage as a result of the earthquake?
- Have local authorities received reports of casualties or damaged infrastructure?






