Crossfiled10 outlets · filed 9 October 2026
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocks Panama
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake shook the central coast of Panama on Friday, prompting tsunami warnings for several neighboring countries.
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What the coverage shows
All seven outlets lead with the quake itself and all tie it to tsunami warnings, with Fox News and The Guardian US also foregrounding warning language broadly. The main split is the magnitude: CBS News and NBC News use 7.7, while The Guardian US, Newsweek, Fox News, France 24 and The Independent use 7.6. France 24 is alone in mentioning evacuations and shaking as far as the capital, and Fox News is alone in noting the USGS lowered its estimate from 8.0 to 7.6.
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