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.
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-...
today at 7:06 PM
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...
today at 7:03 PM
Looks like it was centered away from densely populated areas. Still pretty big.
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
today at 7:42 PM
"THERE IS NO LONGER A TSUNAMI THREAT FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE." from tsunami.gov's last report 2min ago
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...
today at 7:04 PM
Well, gas is gonna go up
today at 7:08 PM
Given the distance, probably comfortably within canal design tolerances.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u18k...
today at 7:13 PM
I think the idea is that anything that happens will make gas prices go up.
today at 7:34 PM
I think the marginal contribution of this event to that will be low.
today at 7:35 PM
Ok but is this good for Bitcoin?
today at 7:46 PM
Doing a 30 second visual check; everything looks normal.
https://multimedia.panama-canal.com/index.html
today at 7:07 PM
today at 7:07 PM
remember that other day Venezuela had a terrible earthquake
today at 7:38 PM
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.
today at 7:41 PM
Isn't Venezuela on the Atlantic?
today at 7:56 PM
It is, but there's a subduction zone just off their northern coast following the curve of the Lesser Antilles so I could see how someone might mistakenly lump it into the pacific ring. It's not that far away from the northern Andes, in the grand scheme of things.
today at 9:10 PM
It's mostly on the Caribbean Sea. Which kinda has its own little ring of fire - https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/tectonic/images/cari...
today at 7:03 PM
today at 6:40 PM
Wonder if there could ever be enough damage resulting in the lake draining because the locks failed?
today at 6:56 PM
Yes. This quake was pretty far from the locks tho.
today at 6:39 PM
Is there a tsunami risk?
today at 6:43 PM
"Tsunami surges of 1 to 3 meters are projected for Panama coastlines, with waves of 0.3 to 1 meter forecast for Ecuador."
today at 6:45 PM
Am I ignorant or that’s not that bad?
today at 6:55 PM
Several hundred meters inland, as far as 2km
today at 6:37 PM
does this cause blockage in the canal ?
today at 6:53 PM
Sit on a prop desk?
today at 6:41 PM
DYFI IX -- I think this is pretty bad.
today at 6:42 PM
> DYFI IX
Wanna tell us common folks what that means?
today at 6:43 PM
"Did You Feel It?" (on the same page)
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u18k...
today at 6:44 PM
A community-based Did You Feel It score of IX.
Scale is 1 to 12. This is a 9.
today at 6:50 PM
Sample size of.... 1 response...
today at 6:52 PM
352, actually.
today at 7:13 PM
only a single tile in an unpopulated area reported a 9, I think is what he meant.
today at 6:45 PM
today at 7:55 PM
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today at 7:12 PM
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