M7.6 Earthquake in Panama (earthquake.usgs.gov)
99 points by gslin 3 hours ago
rumbledownunda an hour 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.
stickfigure 3 hours ago
Still early, but so far local news does not look especially bad:
https://www.telemetro.com/nacionales/asi-se-vivio-el-fuerte-...
CommieBobDole 3 hours ago
Looking at the PAGER info, it looks like it was pretty far from the largest cities and only affected them, and Panama City in particular, minimally, which will limit the impact quite a bit.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u18k...
vondur 3 hours ago
Looks like it was centered away from densely populated areas. Still pretty big.
includenotfound 2 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
_Bruno42 2 hours ago
"THERE IS NO LONGER A TSUNAMI THREAT FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE." from tsunami.gov's last report 2min ago
lsllc 2 hours ago
There was a M4.0 in the Dominican Republic earlier in the week.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr20262770...
pluc 3 hours ago
Well, gas is gonna go up
gadtfly 3 hours ago
Given the distance, probably comfortably within canal design tolerances.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u18k...
gramie 2 hours ago
I think the idea is that anything that happens will make gas prices go up.
gadtfly 2 hours ago
antonymoose 2 hours ago
1970-01-01 2 hours ago
Doing a 30 second visual check; everything looks normal.
neves 3 hours ago
remember that other day Venezuela had a terrible earthquake
klardotsh 2 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.
fritzo 2 hours ago
Isn't Venezuela on the Atlantic?
bell-cot 30 minutes ago
stackghost 2 hours ago
wang_li 3 hours ago
Wonder if there could ever be enough damage resulting in the lake draining because the locks failed?
uberduper 3 hours ago
Yes. This quake was pretty far from the locks tho.
codruterdei 3 hours ago
Is there a tsunami risk?
david927 3 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."
codruterdei 3 hours ago
Am I ignorant or that’s not that bad?
tantalor 3 hours ago
ycui7 3 hours ago
does this cause blockage in the canal ?
ahnick 3 hours ago
Sit on a prop desk?
markus_zhang 3 hours ago
DYFI IX -- I think this is pretty bad.
ur-whale 3 hours ago
> DYFI IX
Wanna tell us common folks what that means?
carb 3 hours ago
"Did You Feel It?" (on the same page)
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u18k...
lanyard-textile 3 hours ago
A community-based Did You Feel It score of IX.
Scale is 1 to 12. This is a 9.