PANAMA CITY (AP) A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 struck Wednesday night in the Caribbean Sea just off the Panama-Colombia border, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The USGS said the quake was centered about 41 kilometers (25 miles) northeast of Puerto Obaldia, Panama. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles). An aftershock with a magnitude of 4.9 followed about 10 minutes after the original quake.
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake shook a remote part of the Caribbean near the border of Colombia and Panama on Wednesday evening, the US Geological Survey said.