Quake Shakes Southern Panama

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Great Earthquakes in Diverse Places

Quake Shakes Southern Panama
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The Associated Press
September 4, 2006; 7:51 PM

PANAMA CITY, Panama -- An earthquake shook Panama's southern Darien
province on the Colombian border Sunday but caused no injuries or
damages, civil defense officials said.

The magnitude-5.3 quake was felt strongly in the Panamanian town of
Meteti, 124 miles east of the capital, after hitting early Sunday, the
country's Civil Protection Director Roberto Velasquez said.

The epicenter was located close to the Panamanian town of Jaque, 31
miles from the Colombian border.