The epicentre was located 32 kilometres southwest of Soná, in the western province of Veraguas, at a depth of 10 kilometres. The earthquake struck at 6.20 pm local time on Monday (2320 GMT)

The blocks are part of a 12-day programme being carried out from October 7 to 18 for pre-non-interlocking, non-interlocking and post-non-interlocking work, along with the extension of the Up Yard line towards Igatpuri