# Panama declares emergency as powerful earthquake aftershocks shake communities

https://mins.news/en/item/95112

- CBC News, 2026-10-11 09:20 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/panama-earthquake-state-of-emergency-9.7377430?cmp=rss

> Panama’s government declared a state of emergency on Saturday after hours of aftershocks from two powerful earthquakes shook communities. Officials reported damage in all 10 provinces and two Indigenous territories, but attributed no deaths to the quakes.

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