Magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Panama: buildings collapse in the centre of the country, tsunami alert lifted
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ItalyRome is closely monitoring the emergency in real time: the Italian press reports on damaged buildings, panic, and disrupted services, and assistance to nationals through the Farnesina.
What each one tells
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SwitzerlandBern is gauging the Panamanian earthquake by the numbers and the tsunami alert: revised magnitudes, threatened coastlines and then the threat lifted, before the damage assessment.
- Italy
of the emergency
the narrative highlights panic and crowds in the street.
Omission of the toll
the articles stop at the absence of reported casualties in the first hours.
What the account puts first
Switzerlandby alert
the narrative highlights the tsunami alert and magnitude revisions, before the damage.
Provisional toll
the articles note the absence of reported casualties in the first hours, without a consolidated assessment of the damage.
- Italy
Reliance on agencies
the facts come from AFP dispatches and local media reports.
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Italy onlySwitzerlandthis perspective does not carry this information