Panama joined Google's free earthquake alert system for Android phones, which can give users time to take cover before strong shaking reaches them.
The false warning was issued on Friday afternoon (local time), and had forecast strong shaking across northern, eastern and central Japan.
There is no upper limit on the magnitude of an earthquake, but it depends on the length of a faultline.
Panama began paying earthquake relief to local governments on Thursday 15 October, with US$10,000 for each district representative and US$20,000 for each municipality.
A magnitude 3.
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