Doug Stanglin

USA TODAY

A magnitude-5.8 earthquake struck Wednesday off the coast of Panama near the Costa Rican border, the U.S. Geological survey reports.

The quake was centered in the Gulf of Chiriqui on the Pacific Ocean side of the country about 33 miles south of Pedregal, Panama, in the Chiriqui province.

There were no immediate reports of injury or damage.

The director of SINAPROC, Panama's civil defense organization, said schools were evacuated in Chiriqui but that no damage was reported, TVN Noticias reports. The Rafale Hernandez Hospital in David was also evacuated safety.

The quake came a day after an 8.2-magnitude quake struck Chile, 3,000 miles to the south of Panama, killing six people and triggering a 6-foot tsunami on the northern coastline.