M7.6 Earthquake in Panama

11 comments

• stickfigure 50 minutes ago
  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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  • CommieBobDole 27 minutes 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 30 minutes ago
    Looks like it was centered away from densely populated areas. Still pretty big.
• includenotfound 11 minutes 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
• neves 26 minutes ago
  remember that other day Venezuela had a terrible earthquake
• pluc 29 minutes ago
  Well, gas is gonna go up
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  • gadtfly 25 minutes ago
    Given the distance, probably comfortably within canal design tolerances.

    https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u18k...

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    • gramie 20 minutes ago
      I think the idea is that anything that happens will make gas prices go up.
• markus_zhang 52 minutes ago
  DYFI IX -- I think this is pretty bad.
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  • ur-whale 51 minutes ago
    > DYFI IX

    Wanna tell us common folks what that means?

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    • carb 49 minutes ago
      "Did You Feel It?" (on the same page)

      https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u18k...
    • lanyard-textile 49 minutes ago
      A community-based Did You Feel It score of IX.

      Scale is 1 to 12. This is a 9.

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      • poultron 43 minutes ago
        Sample size of.... 1 response...
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        • devin 41 minutes ago
          352, actually.
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          • DetroitThrow 20 minutes ago
            only a single tile in an unpopulated area reported a 9, I think is what he meant.
• codruterdei 54 minutes ago
  Is there a tsunami risk?
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  • david927 50 minutes ago
    "Tsunami surges of 1 to 3 meters are projected for Panama coastlines, with waves of 0.3 to 1 meter forecast for Ecuador."
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    • codruterdei 48 minutes ago
      Am I ignorant or that’s not that bad?
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      • tantalor 38 minutes ago
        Several hundred meters inland, as far as 2km
• ycui7 56 minutes ago
  does this cause blockage in the canal ?
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  • ahnick 40 minutes ago
    Sit on a prop desk?
• wang_li 53 minutes ago
  Wonder if there could ever be enough damage resulting in the lake draining because the locks failed?
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  • uberduper 37 minutes ago
    Yes. This quake was pretty far from the locks tho.
• fr2029 21 minutes ago
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