Does Panama get earthquakes often?

Question

Does Panama get earthquakes often?

Answer 1

I can't believe the others here could be so irresponsible to deny earthquakes in Panama .

Earthquakes happen in every country .

Earthquakes happen in Panama. In fact, there is a 50% of probability that it could happen at any time, according to the the directors of the Institute of Geociencias and the National System of Civil defense, Eduardo Camacho and Roberto Velásquez, respectively.

Also, an earthquake occured in the Bay of Panama while I was stationed there May81-May83 .

Answer 2

Tropical weather.

The worst is a 3 hours of hard rain. that is it.

It has a very good weather.

Answer 3

Never, Thanks god there aren't hurricanes here, neither earthquakes, anything, The worst thing is like a 4-hour rain!! but its not so hard the rain!!

Answer 4

Panama gets tremors. So far no earthquakes.  

When the countries to the Northwest of Panama, in Central America, get a quake, Panama feels the fringe effects.  

There are earthquakes offshore, in the Pacific and from those we feel tremors.  

When you look at the two hundred condominium towers that have been erected in the last four years, you can see, by the type of construction, reinforced concrete and no steel girders, that the men who invest millions in these buildings must know something.

Those buildings if they were built in Mexico would come tumbling down during a 5.0 or greater earthquake. Mexico builds towers with steel girders cross supported to strengthen them from quakes.

Even in San Jose Costa Rica, you don't see many buildings over six stories. They fear earthquakes.  Here we have quite a few buildings over 50 stories.

So far, we don't have to worry about earthquakes.  Just the tremors.

Answer 5

No. No hurricanes either.