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Old 08-21-2007   #2 (permalink)
Lalaguayaba
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According to the basic history available online, there hasn't been an earthquake directly in Panama suitable for historical significance. Despite having a dormant volcano (Baru) and a location on the fault lines between three plates, there just doesn't seem to be much serious activity; probably because most quakes are sited miles offshore and don't go much higher than a 5 Richter. Richter magnitude scale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia As you can see, the planet basically ignores anything under a 6, merely because they don't cause much damage.
List of earthquakes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Image:Pacific Ring of Fire.png - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Caribbean Plate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cocos Plate

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