周五，一场震级为7.7级的地震撼动了巴拿马西南海岸，导致周边多个国家发布了海啸预警。
An earthquake measuring a 7.7 magnitude shook the southwest coast of Panama on Friday, prompting tsunami warnings for several neighboring companies.
据美国地质调查局消息，地震发生于美国东部时间下午1点56分左右。
The earthquake hit around 1:56 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
随后不久，巴霍科拉尔地区又发生了一次5.5级地震，埃尔卡考地区也出现了一次5.8级地震。
Two smaller quakes — a 5.5 magnitude quake in Bajo Corral and a 5.8 in El Cacao — shook moments later.
地震发生后，美国海啸预警中心随即向厄瓜多尔、哥伦比亚、尼加拉瓜、危地马拉以及巴拿马发布了海啸预警。
The U.S. Tsunami Center flagged tsunami warnings for Ecuador, Colombia, Nicaragua and Guatemala, as well as Panama shortly after the quake was detected.
美国地质调查局称，震中位于巴拿马最南端附近、皮塔洛萨阿里巴村西南约6英里处，震源深度为6英里。首都巴拿马城也有明显震感，高楼摇晃，民众纷纷逃到街上。这座城市以众多摩天大楼著称。
The quake was centered about 6 miles southwest of the remote community of Pitaloza Arriba, near Panama’s southern tip, the USGS said. It struck at a depth of 6 miles. Tremors were felt in the capital Panama City, where buildings shook and people evacuated into the streets. The city is known for its tall skyscrapers.
惊恐不安的居民们聚集在户外，焦急地等待着地震造成的损失情况。
Visibly shaken residents gathered outside as they waited for news of the quake’s impact.
来自地震发生地埃雷拉省的60岁居民罗森多·多明格斯在接受美联社电话采访时说：“我们感觉震感非常强烈，厨房里的东西都被震倒了，不过我们平安无事，只是非常害怕。现在所有人都待在户外，惊恐不已。”
“We felt it very strongly. It knocked things over in the kitchen, but we’re okay, 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.”
国家民防局的奥马尔·史密斯表示，受灾最严重的地区是韦拉瓜斯省、埃雷拉省和洛斯桑托斯省。
Omar Smith of the National Civil Protection Service said the damage was concentrated in the central provinces of Veraguas, Herrera and Los Santos.
巴拿马地处“环太平洋地震带”上，这里是全球绝大多数地震的发源地。
Panama lies along the “Ring of Fire,” the line of seismic faults encircling the Pacific Ocean where most of the world’s earthquakes occur.