NEWSWEEK - The United States Geological Survey (USGS) estimated a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck near Pitaloza Arriba, Panama, on Friday. Earlier estimates placed the magnitude between 7.6 and 8 and the agency estimated the depth at around 12.6 kilometers.
The National Weather Service Tsunami Warning Center issued a warning for Panama, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico following the quake. As of 9:10 p.m. ET Friday, there were no tsunami warnings, watches advisories or threats.
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The Panama Microplate
Gareth Funning, professor and vice chair at the University of California-Riverside’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, told Newsweek that there is a “major fault” on the Azuero Peninsula, where the earthquake occurred.