{"id":520,"count":5,"description":"Panama records around 500 earthquakes a year and has experienced earthquakes larger than magnitude 7, from the 1882 San Blas earthquake to the 2026 Azuero earthquake. In this section, we bring together the information professionals, companies, and property owners need to understand the country's seismic risk: its history, its main fault lines, and the official data on each event.\r\n\r\nOur focus is construction: what each earthquake means for structural design, soil studies, building inspection, and compliance with the Panama Structural Code (REP). Start with the <a title=\"History of earthquakes in Panama (1621\u20132026) \u2013 ConstructHUBS\" href=\"https:\/\/constructhubs.com\/en\/history-of-earthquakes-in-panama\/\">history of earthquakes in Panama<\/a>, our reference guide on the topic.\r\n<h2>Fault lines and earthquakes in Panama<\/h2>\r\nWe explain where the country's seismic sources are and how active they are, such as the <a title=\"Pedro Miguel Fault: what it is, where it runs, and its risk \u2013 ConstructHUBS\" href=\"https:\/\/constructhubs.com\/en\/pedro-miguel-fault\/\">Pedro Miguel Fault<\/a>, next to the Canal and a few kilometers from the capital, the Panama Fracture Zone in Chiriqu\u00ed, and the Azuero area, and we review the earthquakes that have shaped the country using scientific and official sources.\r\n<h2>Earthquake-resistant construction in Panama<\/h2>\r\nWe publish practical guides for designing, building, and assessing buildings in an earthquake-prone country: what the code requires, how to inspect a structure after an earthquake, and when to call a specialist. If your project needs an assessment, see our directory of <a title=\"Engineering and consulting firms in Panama \u2013 ConstructHUBS Directory\" href=\"https:\/\/constructhubs.com\/en\/hub-category\/companies\/engineering-and-consulting\/\">engineering and consulting firms in Panama<\/a>.","link":"https:\/\/constructhubs.com\/en\/category\/civil-engineering\/earthquakes-and-seismic-risk\/","name":"Earthquakes and Seismic Risk","slug":"earthquakes-and-seismic-risk","taxonomy":"category","parent":519,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/constructhubs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/constructhubs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/constructhubs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/constructhubs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/519"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/constructhubs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}