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Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes off Panama

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A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Panama on Monday, following two powerful quakes that hit the country's southern coast on Friday.
The latest tremor occurred at a depth of 35 km amid aftershocks from earlier major quakes, which were initially reported as magnitude 8 by the USGS before being revised to 7.6 and then 7.7, centered near Pitaloza Arriba in Herrera province.

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Panama experienced a series of seismic events, beginning with two powerful quakes on Friday along its southern coast, followed by a magnitude 6 tremor on Monday. The USGS revised its initial magnitude estimates for the first major quake from 8 to 7.6 and then to 7.7.

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A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Panama on Monday, following two powerful quakes that jolted the country's southern coast on Friday. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the quake was at a depth of 35 km. The latest tremor came amid a series of aftershocks following the earlier major earthquakes. The USGS initially reported the first major earthquake at magnitude 8 before revising it to 7.6 and subsequently 7.7. The quake was centred about 10 km south-west of Pitaloza Arriba, a remote community in Herrera province, at a depth of 10 km. (More details awaited)

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Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes off Panama

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A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Panama on Monday, following two powerful quakes that hit the country's southern coast on Friday.
The latest tremor occurred at a depth of 35 km amid aftershocks from earlier major quakes, which were initially reported as magnitude 8 by the USGS before being revised to 7.6 and then 7.7, centered near Pitaloza Arriba in Herrera province.

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