居民们在巴拿马南部发生7.7级地震后开始清理废墟，虽然没有报告死亡，但造成了广泛破坏、恐慌，并出现了超过100次余震。
Residents in southern Panama began cleaning up after a 7.7-magnitude quake, with no reported deaths but widespread damage, fear, and more than 100 aftershocks.
在奇特雷和其他受灾严重地区，人们因房屋、道路和电力线路受损，只能在户外或学校过夜，30人因轻伤接受治疗。
People in Chitre and other hard-hit areas slept outdoors or in schools as homes, roads, and power lines were damaged, and 30 people were treated for minor injuries.
总统何塞·劳尔·穆利诺宣布进入紧急状态，以加快最高达1亿美元援助的拨款，而美国承诺提供快速支持和空运援助。
President Jose Raul Mulino declared a state of emergency to speed up up to US$100 million in aid, while the US pledged rapid support and airlift assistance.
AI生成 巴拿马奇特雷 — — 巴拿马南部发生一次重大地震的震中附近居民于10月10日开始清理废墟，他们仍因前一天的强烈震感而心有余悸，尽管造成了广泛破坏，但目前尚未报告死亡。
AI generated CHITRE, Panama – Residents near the epicentre of a major earthquake in southern Panama began cleaning up on Oct 10, traumatised by the previous day’s strong shaking that left widespread damage but so far no reported deaths.
“这是我们从未见过的事情。我们对此类事件毫无准备，”阿尔杜尔福·金特罗在奇特雷的一家商店清理碎片时说道，该城距巴拿马城西南约250公里。
“This is something we’ve never seen before. We weren’t prepared for this kind of event,” said Aldulfo Quintero as he cleared debris from a store in Chitre, about 250km south-west of Panama City.
这位41岁的男子告诉法新社，他“非常害怕”另一次地震可能随时发生。
The 41-year-old told AFP he has a “great fear” that a new earthquake could strike any moment.
10月9日中午前后发生初始7.7级地震后，已记录超过100次余震，其中有些达到6.0级。
After the initial 7.7-magnitude quake around midday on Oct 9, more than 100 aftershocks have been recorded, some as strong as magnitude 6.0.
就像奇特雷 — — 受灾严重的埃雷拉省省府 — — 的许多居民一样，28岁的雅克舒里·卡斯蒂略因担心另一次地震而选择在户外过夜。她告诉法新社，第一次地震发生时她“陷入了震惊”。
Like many others in Chitre, the capital of hard-hit Herrera province, 28-year-old Yakshuri Castillo chose to sleep outdoors due to fears of another quake. She told AFP she “went into shock” when the first quake struck.
同样位于埃雷拉省的马卡拉卡斯，68岁的退休人员哈维尔·希梅内斯表示，他不得不在镇上的学校过夜。
In Macaracas, also located in Herrera province, 68-year-old retiree Javier Jimenez said he had to sleep at the town’s school.
“我们无法这样生活下去，”他说，他家的入口被屋顶掉落的破碎瓦片覆盖。
“We can’t live like this,” he said, his home’s entrance covered with broken tiles from his roof.
“每个人都很害怕，因为地震不断发生，我们不敢返回，”他补充道。
“Everyone is afraid because the earthquakes are constant, we don’t dare to return,” he added.
该市数十栋房屋受损，其6.6万居民在10月10日仍未恢复供电。
Dozens of homes were damaged in the city, whose 66,000 residents were still without electricity on Oct 10.
美国地质调查局（USGS）表示，初始地震的震中位于埃雷拉省、洛斯桑托斯省和韦拉瓜斯省交界处附近，距此约60公里。巴拿马地震罕见，通常发生在与哥斯达黎加接壤的西部奇里基省。
The epicentre of the initial quake wased by the US Geological Survey (USGS) about 60km away, near the border of Herrera, Los Santos, and Veraguas provinces. Earthquakes are rare in Panama and usually occur in western Chiriqui province, bordering Costa Rica.
紧急状态 巴拿马市出现强烈震感，震中距离超过200公里，首都众多高楼的惊慌人群涌入街头。虽然未报告因地震导致的死亡，但约有30人因轻伤接受治疗。
State of emergency Strong shaking in Panama City, more than 200km from the epicentre, sent panicked people pouring into the streets from the capital’s numerous high-rise buildings. While no deaths have been reported from the quake, about 30 people have been treated for minor injuries.
当局仍在评估偏远地区的损失情况。多个社区因道路受损而被切断联系。
Authorities are still assessing the damage in remote areas. Several communities have been cut off due to roadways damaged by the quake.
“我们正面临的灾难规模巨大，”巴拿马总统何塞·劳尔·穆利诺在抵达受灾地区时表示。
“The disaster we are facing is massive,” Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino said upon arriving in one of the affected areas.
根据总统事务部长胡安·卡洛斯·奥里亚克的说法，其政府于10月10日宣布进入紧急状态，这一举措将加快程序，以管理“高达1亿美元（1.28亿新元）”的人道主义援助。
His government declared a state of emergency on Oct 10, a move that will speed up procedures to manage “up to US$100 million (S$128 million)” in humanitarian aid, according to Presidency Minister Juan Carlos Orillac.
美国将巴拿马列为总统唐纳德·特朗普新提出的“美洲盾牌”倡议的成员国，已承诺提供快速支持。
The United States, which counts Panama among the members of President Donald Trump’s new “Shield of the Americas” initiative, has pledged rapid support.
美国国务卿马尔科·卢比奥在10月9日的X平台上表示，他正“密切关注”事态发展，其办公室正“快速动员资源和人员以提供援助”。
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on X on Oct 9 that he was “closely monitoring” the situation, with his office “rapidly mobilising resources and personnel to assist”.
该地区最高美军指挥官弗朗西斯·多诺万已“指令立即提供支持，以帮助巴拿马人民，包括来自旋翼航空器的现场支持……以及关键人员和物资的空运入境”，美国南方司令部在10月10日的声明中如此表示。
The top US military commander in the region, Francis Donovan, has “directed immediate support to help the people of Panama, including on-the-ground support from rotary-wing aircraft...and the airlift of key personnel and supplies into the country,” US Southern Command said in a statement on Oct 10.
巴拿马地震是2026年拉丁美洲至少第四次发生7.0级以上的地震，此前委内瑞拉瓜伊拉地区在6月曾连续发生毁灭性地震，随后在8月西部哥伦比亚发生一次强烈地震。
The Panamanian quake is at least the fourth quake in 2026 in Latin America surpassing 7.0 in magnitude, after devastating back-to-back earthquakes in Venezuela’s Guaira in June and a powerful earthquake in western Colombia in August.