M7.6 Earthquake in Panama

11 comments

• stickfigure 51 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 28 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 31 minutes ago
    Looks like it was centered away from densely populated areas. Still pretty big.
• includenotfound 12 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 27 minutes ago
  remember that other day Venezuela had a terrible earthquake
• pluc 30 minutes ago
  Well, gas is gonna go up
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  • gadtfly 26 minutes ago
    Given the distance, probably comfortably within canal design tolerances.

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

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    • gramie 21 minutes ago
      I think the idea is that anything that happens will make gas prices go up.
• markus_zhang 53 minutes ago
  DYFI IX -- I think this is pretty bad.
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  • ur-whale 52 minutes ago
    > DYFI IX

    Wanna tell us common folks what that means?

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    • carb 51 minutes ago
      "Did You Feel It?" (on the same page)

      https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u18k...
    • lanyard-textile 50 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 44 minutes ago
        Sample size of.... 1 response...
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        • devin 42 minutes ago
          352, actually.
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          • DetroitThrow 21 minutes ago
            only a single tile in an unpopulated area reported a 9, I think is what he meant.
• codruterdei 55 minutes ago
  Is there a tsunami risk?
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  • david927 51 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 49 minutes ago
      Am I ignorant or that’s not that bad?
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      • tantalor 39 minutes ago
        Several hundred meters inland, as far as 2km
• ycui7 57 minutes ago
  does this cause blockage in the canal ?
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  • ahnick 41 minutes ago
    Sit on a prop desk?
• wang_li 55 minutes ago
  Wonder if there could ever be enough damage resulting in the lake draining because the locks failed?
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  • uberduper 38 minutes ago
    Yes. This quake was pretty far from the locks tho.
• fr2029 22 minutes ago
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