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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Aris Mariota,Juan Zamorano,Megan Janetsky and Alma Solis

Unnerved Panamanians sleep in streets as aftershocks rattle quake-hit towns

APTOPIX Panama Earthquake - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

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.

The 7.7- and 6.6-magnitude earthquakes toppled buildings near the epicenter and prompted evacuations across the Central American country. Seismologists at the University of Panama recorded dozens of aftershocks, including ones measuring magnitude 5.8, 5.5 and 5.2.

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