Panama earthquake: Tsunami warnings issued after magnitude 7.7 quake

Countries including Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Chile have received warnings after the quake.

An aerial view of Panama Bay in Panama City after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit country's south [AFP]

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake has hit southern Panama, triggering tsunami warnings across Central and South America.

The US National Weather Service issued tsunami warnings for Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Guatemala on Friday following the quake.

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Chile’s naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service also issued a tsunami warning.

The US Geological Survey said the earthquake was centred about 10km (6 miles) southwest of the remote community of Pitaloza Arriba along the Pacific Ocean coast.

Residents of Panama City reported feeling tremors, with buildings shaking and people evacuating into the streets.

“We felt it very strongly. It knocked things over in the kitchen, but we’re okay, though we’re very scared,” 60-year-old Rosendo Dominguez, who is from Herrera province, where the earthquake struck, told The Associated Press news agency by phone.

“Everyone is outside, scared,” Dominguez added.

A magnitude 7.7. earthquake has hit Panama [Al Jazeera]

Videos shared by newspaper La Prensa showed the tower of a historic building had collapsed along with several balconies of a residential building in Penonome, a city about halfway between the epicenter and Panama City.

Panama’s ministry of ⁠education ordered schools closed, while President Jose Raul Mulino called for calm

“What happened should not be used to cause alarm or disorder,” he wrote on X.

There have been several destructive earthquakes in the region this year.

In June, twin quakes hit northern Venezuela, causing widespread devastation and killing at least 6,500 people.

In August, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit Colombia, killing at least 289 people.

地震发生后，包括哥伦比亚、厄瓜多尔、尼加拉瓜、危地马拉和智利在内的多个国家都收到了预警。

巴拿马城巴拿马湾在该国南部发生7.6级地震后的鸟瞰图 [法新社]

巴拿马南部发生7.7级地震，引发中美洲和南美洲海啸预警。

地震发生后，美国国家气象局于周五对巴拿马、哥伦比亚、厄瓜多尔、尼加拉瓜和危地马拉发布了海啸警报。

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墨西哥称哥伦比亚拒绝了其地震救援队（共3组，此为第3组）。

智利海军水文海洋局也发布了海啸预警。

美国地质调查局称，地震震中位于太平洋沿岸偏远社区皮塔洛萨阿里巴西南约 10 公里（6 英里）处。

巴拿马城居民报告称感觉到了震动，建筑物摇晃，人们纷纷撤离到街上。

“我们感觉震感非常强烈。厨房里的东西都被震倒了，但我们没事，虽然我们很害怕，”60岁的罗森多·多明格斯（Rosendo Dominguez）通过电话告诉美联社。他来自地震发生的埃雷拉省。

“大家都在外面，很害怕，”多明格斯补充道。

巴拿马发生7.7级地震 [半岛电视台]

《新闻报》分享的视频显示，在位于震中和巴拿马城之间的佩诺诺梅市，一座历史建筑的塔楼以及一栋住宅楼的几个阳台倒塌了。

巴拿马教育部下令关闭学校，总统何塞·劳尔·穆利诺呼吁民众保持冷静。

“所发生的事情不应该被用来引起恐慌或混乱，”他在X上写道。

今年该地区发生了数次破坏性地震。

6月，委内瑞拉北部发生两次地震，造成大范围破坏，至少6500人死亡。

8 月，哥伦比亚发生 7.4 级地震，造成至少 289 人死亡。