A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Panama on Monday, following two powerful quakes that jolted the country’s southern coast on Friday.According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the quake was at a depth of 35 km.The latest tremor came amid a series of aftershocks following the earlier major earthquakes.The USGS initially reported the first major earthquake at magnitude 8 before revising it to 7.6 and subsequently 7.7. The quake was centred about 10 km south-west of Pitaloza Arriba, a remote community in Herrera province, at a depth of 10 km.(More details awaited)
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