Two powerful earthquakes strike Panama, prompting evacuations
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Two powerful earthquakes and a series of aftershocks struck Panama on Friday afternoon, damaging buildings near the epicenter and prompting evacuations across the country.
The first earthquake had a magnitude of 7.7 and was followed by a magnitude 6.6 tremor, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The agency located the earlier quake about 10 kilometers southwest of Pitaloza Arriba, a remote community in the central province of Herrera, at a depth of 10 kilometers. It was felt as far away as neighboring Colombia.
The USGS initially measured the first quake at magnitude 8 before revising the figure to 7.6 and then 7.7. Residents in Panama City gathered outside buildings while awaiting information about the impact.
Buildings collapsed in areas near the epicenter. Reuters reported that the country avoided major destruction. Al Jazeera reported that Panama’s president declared a major disaster following the earthquakes.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Two unsupported or potentially misattributed details can be fixed by deleting the unsupported assessment sentence and separating the sourced building-collapse claim from Reuters' report. - "Buildings collapsed in areas near the epicenter, although Reuters reported that the country avoided major destruction.": The building-collapse claim is sourced to the South China Morning Post excerpt, while Reuters is only identified as reporting that the quake avoided major destruction; the sentence's structure could misattribute both claims to Reuters. - "Authorities continued to assess damage as aftershocks shook the country.": The sources provided do not say authorities continued to assess damage.
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Two powerful earthquakes strike Panama, prompting evacuations
Two powerful earthquakes and a series of aftershocks struck Panama on Friday afternoon, damaging buildings near the epicenter and prompting evacuations across the country.
The first earthquake had a magnitude of 7.7 and was followed by a magnitude 6.6 tremor, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The agency located the earlier quake about 10 kilometers southwest of Pitaloza Arriba, a remote community in the central province of Herrera, at a depth of 10 kilometers. It was felt as far away as neighboring Colombia.
The USGS initially measured the first quake at magnitude 8 before revising the figure to 7.6 and then 7.7. Residents in Panama City gathered outside buildings while awaiting information about the impact.
Buildings collapsed in areas near the epicenter, althoughepicenter. Reuters reported that the country avoided major destruction. Al Jazeera reported that Panama’s president declared a major disaster following the earthquakes. Authorities continued to assess damage as aftershocks shook the country.
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