No deaths reported as dozens of aftershocks rattle Panama after major quakes

A day after 7.7- and 6.6-magnitude earthquakes struck rural Panama, residents slept in the streets Saturday as dozens of aftershocks, including ones measuring 5.8, 5.5 and 5.2, continued to shake the region, University of Panama seismologists said. Panamanian authorities have not attributed any deaths to the earthquakes. In La Villa de Los Santos, about 40 miles northeast of the epicenter, homes and a Catholic church collapsed. The original quake struck 10 kilometers southwest of Pitaloza Arriba and was felt in Colombia.