Earthquakes strike Panama, Costa Rica

PANAMA CITY, June 17 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake of 5.8 degrees on the Richter scale struck Tuesday the south west zone of Panama, while other seism was registered on the same day in Costa Rica. Panamanian earthquake occurred at 11:42 a.m. local time (1742 GMT) with the epicenter about 376 kilometers south from the city of David in the province of Chiriqui, some 556 kilometers far from Panama City, the United Sates Geologic Institute said. The earthquake had a deepness of 10 kilometers, according to the report. Meanwhile, the Volcanologist and Seismology Observatory (Ovsicori) of Costa Rica reported an earthquake of 5.3 degrees on the Richter scale in the South of Costa Rica, near the border with Panama at 11:42 a.m. local time (1742 GMT).