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M7.6 Earthquake in Panama

107 points • by gslin • today at 6:22 PM • 33 comments • view on HN

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rumbledownunda • today at 8:48 PM

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.

stickfigure • today at 6:43 PM

Still early, but so far local news does not look especially bad:

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

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includenotfound • today at 7:22 PM

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

_Bruno42 • today at 7:42 PM

"THERE IS NO LONGER A TSUNAMI THREAT FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE." from tsunami.gov's last report 2min ago

lsllc • today at 8:01 PM

There was a M4.0 in the Dominican Republic earlier in the week.

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

pluc • today at 7:04 PM

Well, gas is gonna go up

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neves • today at 7:07 PM

remember that other day Venezuela had a terrible earthquake

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wang_li • today at 6:40 PM

Wonder if there could ever be enough damage resulting in the lake draining because the locks failed?

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codruterdei • today at 6:39 PM

Is there a tsunami risk?

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ycui7 • today at 6:37 PM

does this cause blockage in the canal ?

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markus_zhang • today at 6:41 PM

DYFI IX -- I think this is pretty bad.

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ls-a • today at 7:55 PM

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fr2029 • today at 7:12 PM

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