Unnerved Panamanians Sleep in Streets as Aftershocks Rattle Quake-Hit Towns
Authorities reported several injuries and damage to roads, homes and a historic church as aftershocks continued across the country.
- On Friday, two powerful earthquakes measuring magnitude 7.7 and 6.6 roiled southern Panama, collapsing buildings and triggering evacuations across the country.
- Panama lies along the 'Ring of Fire,' a 40,000-kilometer arc of volcanoes and fault lines around the Pacific Basin where most of the world's earthquakes occur.
- Omar Smith of the National Civil Protection Service said damage was concentrated in Veraguas, Herrera, and Los Santos provinces, where the historic Church of San Atanasio collapsed.
- Tocumen International Airport in Panama City temporarily suspended operations but reopened Friday afternoon, while the Panama Canal Authority reported normal operations; authorities have not attributed any deaths.
- Carlos Valds of the National Autonomous University of Mexico said strict building codes may have mitigated the toll compared to recent disasters in Venezuela and Colombia.
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Panama has awakened traumatized by the magnitude earthquake 7.7. The wave has been felt throughout the country, including in the capital, 300 km from the epicentre. The road leading to the Pacific has been torn apart in a thousand pieces. In a recent neighborhood subject to the parasismic norms, there is more fear than evil. According to the last assessment, no death is to be deplored, but dozens of wounded and many damage are recorded. A disast…
Several homes suffered severe damage in Chupaito de Macaracas, Los Santos province. Residents spent the night in courtyards, squares and vehicles, while the replicas maintained concern among families who now face loss of life.
Panama declares a state of emergency as powerful quake aftershocks rattle communities
LA VILLA DE LOS SANTOS, Panama (AP) — The government of Panama declared a state of emergency Saturday as the aftershocks of two powerful earthquakes that roiled the country shook communities for hours. Officials did not attribute any deaths to the quakes but reported damages in all 10 of Panama's provinces and two Indigenous territories.
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Unnerved Panamanians sleep in streets as aftershocks rattle quake-hit towns
LA VILLA DE LOS SANTOS, Panama (AP) — Unnerved residents of rural Panama awoke Saturday on the streets as the aftershocks of two powerful earthquakes that roiled the country shook their communities for hours.
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