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Key developments: A powerful 7.6‑magnitude earthquake struck Panama, prompting emergency crews to rush patients to the Santo Tomas maternity ward in Panama City and triggering aftershocks that have left communities …

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Key developments: A powerful 7.6‑magnitude earthquake struck Panama, prompting emergency crews to rush patients to the Santo Tomas maternity ward in Panama City and triggering aftershocks that have left communities …
The most important current development in Central America is the 7.7‑magnitude earthquake that struck southern Panama on 9 Oct 2026. The quake generated immediate tsunami alerts that the U.S. National Weather Service extended to Panama, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, …