Magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Panama: buildings collapse in the centre of the country, tsunami alert lifted
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UruguayMontevideo is gauging the Panamanian earthquake in terms of diplomatic solidarity and protection of its nationals: Orsi's call to Mulino, consular emergency numbers, no Uruguayans affected.
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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.
- Uruguay
Consular
the narrative prioritizes the situation of Uruguayan nationals over the Panamanian damage.
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.
- Uruguay
Reliance on agencies
the eyewitness accounts come from republished dispatches, not original reporting.
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Uruguay onlySwitzerlandthis perspective does not carry this information