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Series of strong quakes shake Panama, Ecuador & Chile (VIDEOS)
A series of powerful earthquakes has struck the South American East Coast, with Panama, Chile and Ecuador all suffering jolts between magnitude 5.6 and 6.2 within less than an hour.
Panama was hit by a 5.6 earthquake at 1:47am GMT. According to the US Geological Survey its epicenter was located at a depths of 10 kilometers, some 15 km from the small town of Yaviza.
Less than 30 minutes later, at 2:12am GMT, a powerful 6.2 magnitude jolt hit central Ecuador, some 94 kilometers (58 miles) south of the city of Ambato at a depth of 112 km (69 miles).
At around 2:39am GMT, a third 5.8 magnitude quake rocked the central part of Chile, with its epicenter located near the border with Argentina, some 86 kilometers east of the city of Vallenar.
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