The quake struck off the Azuero Peninsula at 12:56 p.m. local time at a depth of 12.6 km. USGS estimated maximum intensity VIII and issued a red PAGER alert.
Footage: People run into the open at a Panama bus terminal during the shaking.

Footage: Ceiling panels collapsed inside a building after the quake.
Videos showed people fleeing a bus terminal and collapsed ceilings in some buildings. President José Raúl Mulino urged calm. No verified casualty figures were available.
Video: Collapsed buildings, a cracked church tower and patients treated outdoors at a hospital after the earthquake (Anadolu)