Panamanian social media influencer Gracie Bon faced severe backlash after publishing photos of herself standing in earthquake wreckage following a 7.7-magnitude disaster.
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A powerful magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Panama on Friday, October 9, 2026, prompting initial tsunami warnings for several Central and South American coasts. The U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center later confirmed the threat had passed, ensuring California’s coast remains safe. Panama’s President, José Raúl Mulino, urged calm following the seismic event.
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A 7.6 magnitude earthquake occurred near Pitaloza Arriba in southern Panama on Friday, October 9, 2026. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) initially reported the quake as magnitude 8.0 but later downgraded it to 7.6. A tsunami alert has been issued for several countries along the Pacific coast, including Panama, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Mexico. Tremors were felt in Panama City, leading to building evacuations, though no immediate damage reports have surfaced.
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A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck west of Macquarie Island, home to an Australian research station, on Thursday, October 8, 2026, at 06:46 UTC. The shallow seismic event, with a depth of 16 kilometers, was not reported felt by individuals on the island. Macquarie Island is situated in a seismically active region due to its location on tectonic plate fault lines. This event follows other recent seismic activity in the broader Australian and Antarctic regions, including a magnitude 4.8 earthquake near Leongatha, Victoria, and two magnitude 6.0 earthquakes along the Western Indian-Antarctic Ri…
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