Still early, but so far local news does not look especially bad:
https://www.telemetro.com/nacionales/asi-se-vivio-el-fuerte-...
Looks like it was 6mi deep, which is very shallow!
remember that other day Venezuela had a terrible earthquake
Well, gas is gonna go up
Given the distance, probably comfortably within canal design tolerances.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u18k...
I think the idea is that anything that happens will make gas prices go up.
DYFI IX -- I think this is pretty bad.
> DYFI IX
Wanna tell us common folks what that means?
"Did You Feel It?" (on the same page)
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u18k...
A community-based Did You Feel It score of IX.
Scale is 1 to 12. This is a 9.
Sample size of.... 1 response...
only a single tile in an unpopulated area reported a 9, I think is what he meant.
Is there a tsunami risk?
"Tsunami surges of 1 to 3 meters are projected for Panama coastlines, with waves of 0.3 to 1 meter forecast for Ecuador."
Am I ignorant or that’s not that bad?
Several hundred meters inland, as far as 2km
does this cause blockage in the canal ?
Sit on a prop desk?
Wonder if there could ever be enough damage resulting in the lake draining because the locks failed?
Yes. This quake was pretty far from the locks tho.
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Looking at the PAGER info, it looks like it was pretty far from the largest cities and only affected them, and Panama City in particular, minimally, which will limit the impact quite a bit.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u18k...
Looks like it was centered away from densely populated areas. Still pretty big.