Skip to main content
World

‘It was a terrible thing’: Panama declares state of emergency as quake aftershocks rattle communities

‘It was a terrible thing’: Panama declares state of emergency as quake aftershocks rattle communities

Feed excerpt — reported by The Guardian

More than 100 aftershocks as high as magnitude-5.8 recorded after two quakes toppled buildings and prompted evacuationsPanama’s government has declared a state of emergency on Saturday as the aftershocks of two powerful earthquakes that roiled the country shook communities for hours.Officials did not attribute any deaths to Friday’s 7.7- and 6.6-magnitude earthquakes, but reported damages in all 10 of Panama’s provinces and two Indigenous territories. Continue reading…

MAP records observable characteristics of the original article (publisher, author, date, references, framing cues). MAP does not verify the article’s claims or score it. Read the full original story at The Guardian →

Original Source

This article was syndicated from The Guardian. All rights remain with the original publisher.