The 6.1-magnitude quake struck at a depth of 37 kilometers in the far west of the country near the Costa Rican border.
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit Panama on Sunday, injuring at least five people and causing damage to businesses and homes, officials said.
The strong quake struck at a depth of 37 kilometers in the far west of the country near the Costa Rican border, according to the US Geological Survey. It was followed by a smaller 5.4-magnitude quake in Colon province, on central Panama’s Caribbean coast, according to the country’s National Civil Protection System .
Five people were injured in the first quake, which hit 22 km from the town of Puerto Armuelles, said Sinaproc.President Juan Carlos Varela had said on Twitter earlier that just one person was hurt, in Puerto Armuelles.School classes were suspended for Monday in Baru district, where the first quake struck.The second quake occurred late Sunday and was not related to the afternoon quake near Puerto Armuelles, Sinaproc said.In November 2017 a 6.
Further north, two months earlier in September 2017 a 7.1-magnitude earthquake killed more than 300 people in Mexico.
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