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Magnitude 8.0 earthquake reported off Panama coast
An information bulletin reports a preliminary magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Panama on 9 October 2026. The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center stated the event has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami in the source region. Whether a tsunami has been generated or damage has occurred is not yet confirmed.
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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
3 differing positions reported on casualties across 7 publishers; unresolved.
- telegram27 человек пострадали
- arabnewsinjures at least 27
- folhaMais de 20 pessoas ficaram feridas
- confidencial-digitalno registra víctimas
- radiosantafeno se reportan muertos ni desaparecidos
- correodelcaroni27 heridos
- allkharkov27 людей
9 differing positions reported on attribution across 13 publishers; unresolved.
- telegramTasnimNews
- jpostUSGS
- arabnewsUSGS
- elnuevodia-coAbelardo
- thehinduUSGS
- lasillavaciaAbelardo
- elpitazoMaría Corina Machado
- radiosantafePresidente Mulino
- folhaautoridades
- google-alertsPanama
- cgtnChina
- allkharkovAFP
- theguardianPanama
3 differing positions reported on location across 35 publishers; unresolved.
- tsunami-govPanama
- telegramPanama
- folhaPanam
- theguardianPanama
- elnuevodia-coPanamá
- francePanama
- jpostPanama, Costa Rica
- deutschePanama
- arabnewsPanama
- epochtimes巴拿马
- n1infoPanami
- klix-baPanamu
- dikenPanama'da
- dawnPanama
- bbcPanama
- zerohedgePanama
- thenationalnewsPanama
- aljazeeraLatin America
- 14ymedioPanamá
- expressPanama
- correodelcaroniPanamá
- thehinduPanama
- lasillavaciaPanamá
- asahiパナマ
- elpitazoPanamá
- radiosantafePanamá
- google-alertsPanama
- vnexpressPanama
- shafaqPanama
- splash247Panama
- chinanews巴拿马
- confidencial-digitalPanamá
- reliefwebPANAMÁ
- cgtnPanama
- allkharkovПанамі
3 differing positions reported on timing across 5 publishers; unresolved.
- elpitazo#9Oct
- efectococuyoeste 9 de octubre
- vnexpress7,7 độ
- shafaqNew
- reliefwebal 9 de octubre de 2026
2 differing positions reported on status across 35 publishers; unresolved.
- telegramstruck
- folhaatinge
- theguardianhits
- elnuevodia-cogeneró
- franceshakes
- jpostfelt
- elpitazoregistra
- deutscheshakes
- arabnewsshakes
- radiosantaferegistrado
- epochtimes发生
- n1infoZemljotres
- klix-bapogodio
- dikendeprem
- dawnhits
- bbchits
- zerohedgeStrikes
- efectococuyosacude
- yenialanyadeprem!
- thenationalnewshits
- aljazeerahits
- 14ymediosacude
- expressrattles
- correodelcaronisacude
- thehindushakes
- lasillavaciaterremoto
- google-alertsrock
- vnexpressđổ sập
- shafaqstrikes
- splash247unaffected
- chinanews发生
- confidencial-digitalregistra
- reliefwebTerremoto
- cgtnrattle
- allkharkovпостраждали
WherePanama
9.040, -79.482 ±120 km
First reported16 days ago
Published2026-10-09 18:13 UTC
Occurred2026-10-09
Sources40
How this travelled.
Reports86Independent tellings32
32 independently corroborated tellings, 10 reported as carrying other outlets, 7 unresolved. A report we could not place either way is not counted as independence.
Corrections and updates
No published correction or update is recorded. This does not reconstruct changes made before correction records were kept.
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Global Event Monitor. Magnitude 8.0 earthquake reported off Panama coast. 2026-10-09T18:13:23.032Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:5251. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-09/in-panama-4afac9e1
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