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3/12/2013 12:01 EST
Sinaproc Boquete reports that quake was 4.2 on the Richter scale AMINTA BUSTAMANTE / FLOWER BOCHAREL FROM PRENSA.COM internet@prensa.com Inglés version
Special prensa.com / F. Bocharel Castillo said that so far there have been no reported victims in David and Boquete. The earthquake this morning was felt in the Chiriqui province had a greater intensity in the highlands. Besides people felt uneasy since in last night, Monday, high temperatures were recorded in almost all villages chiricanos. According to the Institute of Geosciences at the University of Panama, the quake had a magnitude of 4.2 degrees on the Richter scale and a depth of 10 kilometers. Addition was located 25 kilometers north of the district of David, near the town of Potrerillos Abajo. ALARM Earlier it was reported that the quake struck at 8:41 am in parts of the province of Chiriqui was magnitude 4.2 on the Richter scale.
This was revealed to Prensa.com Javier Castillo, the National System of Civil Protection (NSCP), adding that the entity makes monitoring in the area to see if it affected the population. Castillo said that so far there have been no reported victim and the quake was strong, but not to the point of damaging structures. The former president of the Republic, Mireya Moscos, who contacted FOX Report , said he was in the district of Boquete when he heard an explosion.
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