Travelling story

7.7 magnitude earthquake in Panama

First seen in El Salvador’s press on 9 October 2026. Carried by 15 presses over 2 days, 68 articles in all; the busiest day was 9 October 2026 with 38 articles.

Ended — carried by the press of 15 countries between 9 October 2026 and 10 October 2026.

Articles per day

The spread, day by day

For each day: the articles the presses gave it, and the presses that carried it for the first time that day.

10 October 2026 30 articles · 15 presses so far
new: Austria (7), Brazil (5), Argentina (2), Canada (2), Germany (2), Netherlands (2), Pakistan (2)
9 October 2026 38 articles · 8 presses so far
new: El Salvador (10), Venezuela (9), Mexico (6), Peru (4), Panama (3), Bolivia (2), Colombia (2), Ecuador (2)

The presses that carried it

Ranked by articles over the whole story; the date is the first day each press carried it.

Venezuela 13 articles · from 9 Oct 2026
El Salvador 10 articles · from 9 Oct 2026
Austria 7 articles · from 10 Oct 2026
Mexico 6 articles · from 9 Oct 2026
Peru 6 articles · from 9 Oct 2026
Panama 5 articles · from 9 Oct 2026
Brazil 5 articles · from 10 Oct 2026
Bolivia 2 articles · from 9 Oct 2026
Colombia 2 articles · from 9 Oct 2026
Ecuador 2 articles · from 9 Oct 2026
Argentina 2 articles · from 10 Oct 2026
Canada 2 articles · from 10 Oct 2026
Germany 2 articles · from 10 Oct 2026
Netherlands 2 articles · from 10 Oct 2026
Pakistan 2 articles · from 10 Oct 2026

What they wrote

A few headlines per day, in the outlets’ own words; the translation is ours when shown.

Canada · 10 Oct 2026 Un puissant séisme frappe le Panama et provoque des dégâts matériels ↗
Argentina · 10 Oct 2026 El terremoto de 7,7 dejó afectaciones materiales y de momento ninguna víctima en Panamá ↗
Brazil · 10 Oct 2026 Terremoto de magnitude 7,7 provoca pânico e danos em prédios no Panamá ↗
Austria · 10 Oct 2026 Severe earthquake in Panama ↗
Panama · 9 Oct 2026 Temblor en Panamá: Sin víctimas y con personas lesionadas, las réplicas se mantendrán en las próximas horas ↗
Venezuela · 9 Oct 2026 Earthquake in Panama of 7.7 causes tsunami alert and puts neighboring countries on alert ↗
Mexico · 9 Oct 2026 Sismo de magnitud 8 sacude Panamá y se siente en Costa Rica ↗
El Salvador · 9 Oct 2026 Tsunami threat canceled for El Salvador after earthquake in Panama ↗

Topics are clustered daily from article embeddings across the outlets we read and chained day over day when their centroids match (cosine ≥ 0.80); a story is attributed to the press of each outlet’s country. Where it was first seen is where it first appeared in our feeds. Coverage, not truth; order of appearance, not origin or intent. Method →

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