Tsunami Threat issued across Central America after massive magnitude 7.6 earthquake batters Panama

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Tsunami Threat issued aft monolithic magnitude 7.6 earthquake batters Panama

Tsunami Threat issued aft monolithic magnitude 7.6 earthquake batters Panama. FOX Weather Meteorologist Bob Van Dillen has the latest. 

A monolithic magnitude 7.6 earthquake rattled confederate Panama connected Friday afternoon, triggering a tsunami threat. 

The earthquake happened astatine 1:56 p.m. ET, astir 6.2 miles west-southwest of Pitaloza Arriba, Panama. 

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake was felt each crossed Panama. 

The Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami menace for Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama and Guatemala. 

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