Magnitude 7.7 quake shakes Panama as president declares major disaster
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President Jose Raul Mulino declared a major disaster after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake hit near Pitaloza Arriba on Friday morning, with the USGS locating the epicenter about 10 km southwest at 10 km depth. A 6.6 quake followed amid aftershocks; Panama City shook, roads near the epicenter were destroyed, flights were briefly suspended and a tsunami alert was issued, with damage concentrated in Veraguas, Herrera and Los Santos and no casualties reported.
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