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Witness location : Santa Marta (Panama) (7 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Santa Marta, north, just off the interamericana, a strong, quick shake but no structural damage.

Witness location : Tijeras (Panama) (12 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

A mí criterio fue como 6.5, muy fuerte se sintió en Varital de Boquerón

Witness location : La Concepcion (Panama) (15 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Location: San Vicente, Chiriqui, Panama

Witness location : San Pablo Viejo (Panama) (21 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Whole house shook. Bed swayed and seemed to buck. Power went out. Strong quake.

Witness location : Puerto Armuelles (Panama) (24 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

At the moment, I am not sure how big it was, but it shook the entire house.

Witness location : David (Panama) (28 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

Temblor con epicentro en una región pico frecuente, cerca de progreso a 11km de profundidad. ¿Que hay allá abajo?

Witness location : David (Panama) (28 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

It was strong, then a little bit slower and finally an explosion. It made a terrible sound.

Witness location : David (Panama) (28 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Strong shaking

Witness location : David (Panama) (29 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Strong.shaking  Over in less than a minute.

Witness location : David (Panama) (29 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4129 min

WE were sleeping.  My bedroom has  wood bali blind courtains which started sounding as a baby toy  with beads inside.  I felt it as a 5... seism.   Didn´t hear any noise but Sister and brother did. By the way, he (79), jumped out of bed and, since he has a urinary catheter previous to  a prostate surgery, it moved from place, the urine collection bag detached from it, the whole issue causing him disconfort and small bleeding so he had to go to an urologist who changed it by a  new one.

Witness location : Dolega (Panama) (31 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

The earthquake shook my building and woke me up with some articles on shelfs making noise from the shaking and a couple of things fell. The quake made a continual shaking during its duration.

Witness location : Volcan (Panama) (34 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

That really shook me up. (Was sleeping and woke up. The whole house was shaking.)

Witness location : Cordillera (Panama) (38 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Felt in Volcán, Chiriquí at 454am (0954Z). Began with a progressive hum and then the strongjolt…

Witness location : Volcan (Panama) (38 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Woke up from deep sleep to light shaking. Felt like a car smacked into the house. Foundation and bed bouncing a little bit.

Witness location : Palmira (Panama) (40 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Was in bed shook me awake,. Was a trembling motion that increased to a pretty severe rocking motion ,.. , maybe five or six seconds long not longThere was some sound. I can’t recall what I heard,…I was half asleep.

Witness location : Caldera (Panama) (42 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Very long strongest we have felt in 20 years

Witness location : Boquete (Panama) (42 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 31 min

Woke up to rattling and clinking of objects on shelf for about 10 seconds, followed by a medium-light rocking back and forth for about 20-30 seconds. I live in the El Salto area of Bajo Boquete, about a 10 minute drive up Volcán Baru.

Witness location : Boquete (Panama) (43 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

La casa tembló muy fuerte y todos los animales se espantaron.

Hubo un ruido muy fuerte bajo tierra, que incluso continuó después que terminó el temblor.

Después del temblor fuerte inicial, el piso quedó temblando suavemente por varios segundos.

Witness location : Boquete (Panama) (43 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 111 min

Jaramillo Centro

Witness location : Boquete (Panama) (44 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

About twenty seconds long and shook the bes

Witness location : Limones (Panama) (45 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 100 min

I was asleep and bed started shaking.

Witness location : Sabalito (Costa Rica) (46 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Se sintió muy fuerte y largo

Witness location : Boca Chica (Panama) (59 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 77 min

First felt light shaking but a few seconds later there was more violent shaking. I felt no aftershocks

Witness location : Puerto Jimenez (Costa Rica) (68 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

It woke me up, felt my bed rocking side to side and the wall shaking. Didn’t realize what was happening at first. This was at 3:58, 4 minutes after it started.

Witness location : Piedras Blancas (Costa Rica) (74 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 367 min

House was shaking for maybe 30 seconds

Witness location : Bocas Del Toro (Panama) (108 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

Gentle rocking of la casa for approximately 15 seconds

Witness location : Cahuita (Costa Rica) (131 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 726 min

Rumbling that shook the hanging lamp. Lasted about 5-7 seconds. No damage