更新时间：2026年10月9日 / 美国东部时间下午3:55 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
据美国地质调查局消息，周五早晨巴拿马南部海域附近发生强烈7.7级地震，远在100多英里外的首都都有震感，引发民众疏散。
美国太平洋海啸预警中心表示，巴拿马沿海地区可能出现3至9英尺高的海浪。
美国地质调查局称，此次地震震中位于偏远社区上皮塔洛萨西南约7英里处，震源深度约7英里。
巴拿马城有震感，当地建筑摇晃，民众疏散至街道。惊魂未定的居民聚集在户外，等待了解地震造成的影响。
“我们震感强烈。厨房里的东西都被震翻了，但我们没事，只是非常害怕。”来自地震发生地埃雷拉省的60岁男子罗森多·多明戈斯通过电话告诉美联社。“大家都跑到外面，吓得不轻。”
随后发生了余震，美国地质调查局记录到两次震级分别为5.8级和5.5级的余震。
巴拿马总统何塞·劳尔·穆利诺周五呼吁民众保持冷静，他在社交媒体上写道：“不应利用此次事件制造恐慌或混乱。”
国家民防局的奥马尔·史密斯在Telemetro Reporta新闻频道中表示，地震破坏集中在中部的贝拉瓜斯省、埃雷拉省和洛斯桑托斯省。他称目前没有收到首都地区的损坏报告，而这座城市以数百座摩天大楼闻名。
当地新闻机构播出的视频显示，中部科克莱省佩诺诺梅市一座天主教堂倒塌，一家酒店的部分外墙砸到一辆汽车上。目前暂无人员伤亡报告。
巴拿马地处“环太平洋火山地震带”，这条环绕太平洋盆地、长达25000英里的火山和断层带是全球绝大多数地震的发生地。
巴拿马民防部门正在调查震中附近地区可能存在的损坏情况。
Panama struck by magnitude 7.7 earthquake, U.S. Geological Survey says
Updated on: October 9, 2026 / 3:55 PM EDT / CBS/AP
A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck near Panama’s southern tip on Friday morning, shaking buildings more than 100 miles away in the capital and prompting evacuations, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said tsunami waves between about 3 and 9 feet were possible along Panama’s coast.
The quake was centered about 7 miles southwest of the remote community of Pitaloza Arriba, the USGS said. It struck at a depth of about 7 miles.
Tremors were felt in Panama City, where buildings shook and people evacuated into the streets. Visibly shaken residents gathered outside as they waited for news of the quake’s impact.
A nurse speaks on her cellphone outside the maternity ward of the Santo Tomas hospital, following an earthquake that hit Panama, in Panama City on Oct. 9, 2026. Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images
“We felt it very strongly. It knocked things over in the kitchen, but we’re OK, though we’re very scared,” Rosendo Domínguez, 60, who is from Herrera province, where the earthquake struck, told The Associated Press by phone. “Everyone is outside, scared.”
Aftershocks followed, with the USGS recording two measuring 5.8 and 5.5.
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino called for calm on Friday, writing on social media: “What happened should not be used to cause alarm or disorder.”
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.
This aerial view shows Panama Bay after a severe earthquake hit the country, in Panama City on Oct. 9, 2026. Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images
Video aired by local news outlets showed a Catholic cathedral collapsing and part of a hotel’s facade falling onto a car in the city of Penonomé, in the central province of Coclé. No casualties were immediately reported.
Panama lies along the “Ring of Fire,” a 25,000-mile arc of volcanoes and fault lines around the Pacific Basin, where most of the world’s earthquakes occur.
Panama’s Civil Protection said it was investigating possible damage in regions near the epicenter.
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