2 powerful earthquakes, multiple aftershocks rock Panama, prompting evacuations
Authorities recorded more than 80 aftershocks and temporarily closed Panama City’s international airport as evacuations continued after the 7.7-magnitude quake.
- A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Panama on Saturday, collapsing buildings and roads across the central region while sparing the critical Panama Canal trade waterway. The shallow tremor was felt across the nation of around 4.5 million people.
- President Jose Raul Mulino declared a "major disaster" following the 5 a.m. tremor, which struck with an epicenter 10 kilometres from the small town of Pitaloza Arriba in central Herrera province.
- Rescue teams search for residents trapped in collapsed structures, including a church in Veraguas and a hotel in Cocle. Resident Salomon Andion said, "I was scared because the shaking was very strong and prolonged."
- United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday he is "closely monitoring" the situation, with his office "rapidly mobilising resources and personnel to assist" at the Panamanian government's request.
- The Panamanian quake marks at least the fourth earthquake surpassing 7.0 in magnitude in Latin America this year, underscoring the region's persistent seismic vulnerability along multiple tectonic plates.
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So far, there are no fatalities in Panama, but almost thirty minor injuries and 400 buildings damaged throughout the country.
Compared to the most recent earthquakes in Venezuela and Colombia, the first disaster report in Panama is quite glamorous. There were at least 27 injured.
Authorities reporting at least 27 injuries according to the latest assessment.
Until 8:00 p.m. on Friday, no fatal victims or missing persons were reported, despite the damage recorded in different regions of the country.
The magnitude 7.7 earthquake that shook the Central American country left at least 27 injured after the collapse of several buildings.How did the Panama Canal look after the earthquake?
So far no victims and no missing persons. Some plans of the former president Martinelli's house collapsed. Flights resumed (ANSA)
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