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Gone quiet · last update Oct 10, 2026 / Panama

The October 2026 earthquakes in Panama and their aftermath

Overview · reviewed October 11, 2026

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Panama on the morning of October 9, 2026, followed by a second quake of magnitude 6.6 and hours of aftershocks.[1][2]

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Coverage over time

Share of tracked outlets · weekly (UTC)

Week of 2026-10-05 (UTC): 10%, 48 of 479 tracked outlets (11 left, 26 center, 11 right)Week of 2026-10-12 (UTC): under 1%, 2 of 476 tracked outlets (0 left, 1 center, 1 right)Week of 2026-10-19 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-10-26 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-11-02 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outletsWeek of 2026-11-09 (UTC): no coverage from tracked outlets, so far

LeftCenterRightLighter bar: this week so far

Each bar is the share of the outlets on our Left / Center / Right rating scale that we tracked publishing that week which carried reporting on this story, split by the outlets' ratings. We track more outlets now than in the archive, so a share keeps earlier and later weeks comparable. An outlet counts once a week however much it published, and outlets in one ownership or syndication group count as one on each side they appear on. A rating describes the outlet, not the report. A gap means no such reports were collected that week, not that nothing was reported anywhere. Weeks run Monday to Sunday in UTC, so a report published on a Sunday evening in US Eastern time counts in the next week. 3 more outlets off the scale (not rated, or outside the left-right graphs) also reported; they are not in this chart. See them.

Weekly counts, outlets and reports (2 weeks with coverage)
Outlets on the rating scale that carried this story each week, of the outlets tracked that week, newest first
Week of (UTC)LeftCenterRightOf trackedShareReceipts
Oct 12, 20260112 of 476under 1%
Oct 5, 202611261148 of 47910%

Latest coverage

The newest reporting in this story's record.

  1. Oct 10, 2026 · first reported · Headline from ABC 7 Los Angeles

    LA County search and rescue team heads to Panama after earthquakes

Background

The first quake shook buildings as far away as the capital and prompted evacuations, and tsunami warnings were issued and later lifted.[1] Panama's government declared a state of emergency and reported damage across all 10 provinces and two Indigenous territories, with injuries but no deaths in its early count.[1] In rural areas, residents slept in the streets as the aftershocks continued.[2] A search and rescue team from the Los Angeles County Fire Department was sent to help.[3]

Supporting stories (3)
  1. Panama suffers over 200 aftershocks from Friday’s 7.7-magnitude earthquake
  2. Unnerved Panamanians sleep in streets as aftershocks rattle quake-hit towns
  3. L.A. County-based team of first responders heads to Panama after earthquakes

The full record

Each date is when an update was first reported.

All 5 recorded updates

October 2026

  1. L.A. County-based team of first responders heads to Panama after earthquakesHeadline from KTLA Los Angeles · 2 outlets
  2. Panama earthquake shakes NC event planner preparing for destination weddingHeadline from ABC 11 Raleigh · 1 outlet
  3. Unnerved Panamanians sleep in streets as aftershocks rattle quake-hit townsHeadline from Philadelphia Inquirer · 7 outlets
  4. LA County Fire search and rescue team responding to Panama following earthquakesHeadline from NBC Los Angeles · 1 outlet
  5. Panama suffers over 200 aftershocks from Friday’s 7.7-magnitude earthquakeHeadline from Honolulu Star-Advertiser · 51 outlets

Coverage & sources

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