Strong Quake Shakes Southern Zone
A strong earthquake registering 5.5 on the Richter scale shook the southern zone yesterday.

The Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico (Ovsicori) confirmed the earth movement occurring at 3:26pm with an epicentre located 28 kilometres southeast of Puerto Armuelles in Panama, very close to the last earthquake to hit the area in December of 2003, that left two dead.

Reports on yesterday's quake included minor damage, bottle shaking, but no casualties.