BND - Two powerful earthquakes and multiple aftershocks rock Panama

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Two powerful earthquakes and multiple aftershocks rock Panama

Oct 9, 3 PM ET to Oct 12, 3 PM ET

24outlets carried it
🫏10 · 5 · 9🐘left · center · right
3 dayson the front pages
24front pages at once, at its peak
6 minof TV captions
4radio newscasts

👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.

Oct 9, 3 PM ETfirst on a front page: The Guardian
Oct 9, 3 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
Oct 9, 6 PM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
Oct 9, 10 PM ETpeak: on 24 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 9, 3 PM to Oct 12, 3 PM ET (peak 24), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right

Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

📡 wire copy: 2 outlets ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word (HuffPost, NBC News)

📌 linked by aggregators: Drudge Report Google News

💬 quoted: “It was a terrible thing”

🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 multiple aftershocks 🫏 powerful earthquakes 🐘 7 6 quake

✏️ 14 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

ABC News (2 wordings): “7.7 magnitude earthquake shakes Panama, sparking tsunami threat in region” → “7.7 magnitude earthquake shakes Panama”
AP (5 wordings): “A magnitude 7.6 earthquake shakes Panama, USGS reports” → “Panama rocked by 2 powerful earthquakes and multiple aftershocks, prompting evacuations”
Axios (2 wordings): “Panama rocked by massive earthquake” → “Panama rocked by major earthquake”
Bloomberg (4 wordings): “Breaking Panama Struck by Massive Quake, Sparking Tsunami Warnings A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Panama on Friday, according to the US Geological Survey, sparking warnings about tsunamis off its coast.” → “Aftershocks Rock Panama Following Largest Quake in Decades The earthquake was the strongest to hit the country in more than seven decades.”
CBS News (2 wordings): “Panama struck by magnitude 7.7 earthquake, U.S. Geological Survey says” → “Panama struck by 2 powerful earthquakes, U.S. Geological Survey says”
CNN (3 wordings): “Breaking News Powerful earthquake shakes Panama” → “Powerful earthquake shakes Panama, followed by large aftershocks”
New York Post (2 wordings): “California weather center addresses tsunami fears after massive earthquake strikes Panama” → “Tsunami warnings issued as large parts of Central America threatened after massive Panama earthquake”
Newsmax (3 wordings): “Earthquake Rocks Panama, Triggers Tsunami Alerts” → “Panama Declares State of Emergency After Powerful Quake”
Newsweek (3 wordings): “West Coast Tsunami Warning After Massive 7.6 Earthquake Rocks Panama” → “Massive 7.7 Earthquake Rocks Panama: Everything We Know”
Reuters (6 wordings): “7.6 magnitude earthquake felt in Panama - USGS - Reuters” → “Panama suffers over 200 aftershocks after Friday's 7.7-magnitude earthquake”
The Epoch Times (2 wordings): “Panama Struck by 7.6 Quake; Tsunami Warning Issued” → “Panama Struck by 7.6 Quake; Tsunami Warning Lifted”
The Guardian (3 wordings): “Powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake hits Panama and triggers tsunami warnings” → “‘It was a terrible thing’: Panama declares state of emergency as quake aftershocks rattle communities”
The Sun (3 wordings): “MONSTER QUAKE Huge 7.7 mag earthquake strikes near Panama Canal as tsunami warning issued” → “MONSTER QUAKE Terrifying moment TV hosts flee as huge 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes”
USA Today (4 wordings): “Massive earthquake strikes Panama; tsunami threat issued” → “Earthquake strikes Panama, tsunami threat issued”

Every outlet's first headline (24), left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost Panama Rocked By 2 Powerful Earthquakes And Multiple Aftershocks, Prompting Evacuations Oct 9, 10 PM ET
The Guardian Powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake hits Panama and triggers tsunami warnings Oct 9, 3 PM ET
ABC News 7.7 magnitude earthquake shakes Panama, sparking tsunami threat in region Oct 9, 3 PM ET
AP A magnitude 7.6 earthquake shakes Panama, USGS reports Oct 9, 3 PM ET
Axios Panama rocked by massive earthquake Oct 9, 3 PM ET
CBS News Panama struck by magnitude 7.7 earthquake, U.S. Geological Survey says Oct 9, 3 PM ET
CNN Breaking News Powerful earthquake shakes Panama Oct 9, 4 PM ET
NBC News A 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocks Panama Oct 9, 10 PM ET
The Independent Powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake hits Panama coast as nine countries issued tsunami warnings Oct 9, 3 PM ET
USA Today Massive earthquake strikes Panama; tsunami threat issued Oct 9, 3 PM ET
BBC Powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake hits Panama, damaging buildings Oct 9, 4 PM ET
Bloomberg Breaking Panama Struck by Massive Quake, Sparking Tsunami Warnings A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Panama on Friday, according to the US Geological Survey, sparking warnings about tsunamis off its coast. Oct 9, 3 PM ET
Newsweek West Coast Tsunami Warning After Massive 7.6 Earthquake Rocks Panama Oct 9, 3 PM ET
Reuters 7.6 magnitude earthquake felt in Panama - USGS - Reuters Oct 9, 3 PM ET
Scripps News Natural Disasters A magnitude 7.6 earthquake shakes Panama, USGS reports AP via Scripps News Group Oct 9, 3 PM ET
Just the News Massive 7.7 earthquake shakes Panama, triggers tsunami warning for nearby countries Oct 9, 5 PM ET
The Epoch Times Panama Struck by 7.6 Quake; Tsunami Warning Issued Oct 9, 3 PM ET
The Sun MONSTER QUAKE Huge 7.7 mag earthquake strikes near Panama Canal as tsunami warning issued Oct 9, 3 PM ET
IJR Panama 7.6 Quake Triggers Tsunami Alerts Oct 9, 4 PM ET
New York Post California weather center addresses tsunami fears after massive earthquake strikes Panama Oct 9, 5 PM ET
Newsmax Earthquake Rocks Panama, Triggers Tsunami Alerts Oct 9, 5 PM ET
OAN 7.6 earthquake strikes southern Panama Oct 9, 3 PM ET
PJ Media Here's What We Know About the Major Earthquake in Panama Oct 9, 10 PM ET
The Gateway Pundit DEVELOPING: Powerful Magnitude 8.0 Earthquake Strikes Panama – Tsunami Alert Issued for 9 Countries (VIDEO) Oct 9, 5 PM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

BBC News4 min

Fox News86 s

CNN84 s

PANAMA HIT BY MULTIPLE AFTERSHOCKS AFTER 7.7 QUAKE CNN, 84 s
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U.S. FORCES MOBILIZE TO HELP PANAMA AFTER MAJOR 7.6-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE Fox News, 32 s
POWERFUL SHOCK. MAGNITUDE 7.6 EARTHQUAKE ROCKS PANAMA Fox News, 28 s
PANAMA DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER QUAKES Fox News, 26 s

📻 On the radio

NPR News Now, Oct 11, 4:09 AM ET: story 6 of 6
NPR News Now, Oct 11, 12:09 AM ET: story 4 of 4
NPR News Now, Oct 9, 11:10 PM ET: story 4 of 4
NPR News Now, Oct 9, 3:10 PM ET: story 3 of 5

what people online made of it

🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.

🗣️ names in it: Panama USGS United States Geological Survey

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

the running story it belongs to

🌱 A story of its own so far: no saga yet.

Two powerful earthquakes and multiple aftershocks rock Panama

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