{"id":7753,"date":"2026-10-09T20:10:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T20:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=7753"},"modified":"2026-10-09T20:10:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T20:10:59","slug":"7-7-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-panama-prompting-evacuations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=7753","title":{"rendered":"7.7 magnitude earthquake shakes Panama, prompting evacuations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This aerial view shows people being evacuated at the Hospital del Nino after a severe 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit the country, in Panama City, Friday. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a magnitude 7.7 earthquake shook Panama sparking panic in the capital, though no casualties or damage have been reported so far. AFP-Yonhap<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PANAMA CITY \u2014 A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Panama on Friday morning, shaking buildings in the capital, prompting evacuations and sending tremors as far as neighboring Colombia. <\/p>\n

The quake was centered about 10 kilometers (6 miles) southwest of the remote community of Pitaloza Arriba, in the central province of Herrera, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It struck at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles).<\/p>\n

Visibly shaken residents of Panama City gathered outside as they waited for news of the quake\u2019s impact on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe felt it very strongly. It knocked things over in the kitchen, but we\u2019re okay, though we\u2019re very scared,” Rosendo Dom\u00ednguez, 60, who is from Herrera province, where the earthquake struck, told The Associated Press by phone. \u201cEveryone is outside, scared.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aftershocks continued to shake the streets on Friday shortly after the quake. The National Weather Service issued a tsunami warning Friday for the coasts of Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Guatemala.<\/p>\n

Panamanian President Jos\u00e9 Ra\u00fal Mulino called for calm on Friday, writing on X: \u201cWhat happened should not be used to cause alarm or disorder.\u201d<\/p>\n

Omar Smith of the National Civil Protection Service said on the Telemetro Reporta news channel that damage was concentrated in the central provinces of Veraguas, Herrera and Los Santos. He said there were no reports of damage in the capital, which is known for its hundreds of skyscrapers.<\/p>\n

Video aired by local news outlets showed a Catholic cathedral collapsing and part of a hotel\u2019s facade falling onto a car in the city of Penonom\u00e9, in the central province of Cocl\u00e9. No casualties were immediately reported.<\/p>\n

Panama lies along the \u201cRing of Fire,” a 40,000-kilometer (25,000-mile) arc of volcanoes and fault lines around the Pacific Basin, where most of the world\u2019s earthquakes occur.<\/p>\n

Panama’s Civil Protection said it was investigating possible damage in regions near the epicenter.<\/p>\n

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