Magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Panama: buildings collapse in the centre of the country, tsunami alert lifted
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DenmarkCopenhagen relays the Panamanian earthquake through a news agency dispatch: first a tsunami alert, then the assessment of destroyed roads and buildings and an isolated province.
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BrazilBrasĂlia is analyzing the Panamanian earthquake by the numbers: revised magnitude from 8.0 to 7.7, shallow depth, comparison to the largest earthquakes in history, and tsunami alert lifted.
- Denmark
Human toll missing
the initial text provides no casualty figures, only the absence of reported incidents.
What the account puts first
BrazilExplanatory and comparative
the text highlights the historical scale of earthquakes rather than the situation of the disaster victims.
- Denmark
Dependence on agencies
the story relies on Reuters and AFP dispatches, without any original reporting from Panama.
What it leans on
BrazilReliance on agencies
local testimonies come mostly from international agency dispatches, with few Panamanian media outlets being quoted directly.