No tsunami threat to NZ after powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake rattles Panama

PANAMA CITY — A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake shook Panama on Friday morning, collapsing buildings near its epicenter and prompting evacuations across the country. The quake, which was felt as far away as neighboring Colombia, was centered about 10 kilometers southwest of the remote community of Pitaloza Arriba, in the central province of Herrera, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It struck at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles). The USGS initially reported the quake as magnitude 8, then revis