PANAMA

 There are three volcanoes located in Panama; Baru with its last eruption in 1550, El Valle being Holocene, & La Yeguada in 1620. "Central Panama, considered here as the area close to the Panama Canal between El Valle volcano and Cerro Azul mountains , is characterised by a unique geomorphology and geology in the Panama Isthmus. This area consists of lowlands punctuated by small (generally <300 m high) topographic features of unclear tectonic and/or volcanic origins . It corresponds to a major topographic discontinuity between higher volcanic cordilleras that form the most prominent topography in the east and west. Lineament analysis, geophysical constraints, palaeomagnetic data, and field observations show that the unique topography of Central Panama is at least in part controlled by a complex fault network associated with crustal-scale dismemberment of transisthmian volcanic cordilleras since the Late Eocene. However, it remains poorly constrained whether topographic high

A few years ago North Panama’s region was considered low with a seismic potential, but very little is known about the seismicity and tectonic plates of this region. That was until April 22, 1991 where the eastern portion was seen to be more seismically Clive then the western segment.   “These models suggest that the major Caribbean-Nazca boundary is (1) a thrust fault along which the Panama Deformed Belt has developed, (2) a left-lateral strike-slip fault along the southern margin of Panama, or (3) a diffuse array of mostly thrust faults which cause internal deformation to occur throughout Panama”. “Panamanian shelf break and inland adds a higher degree of tectonic complexity to this area. In the north, the boundary with the Caribbean plate lies on the Panama Deformed Belt along the Caribbean margin of the Isthmus of Panama”. In Panama there are partly large earthquakes with strengths of more than 7.0, which cause damages within a radius of over 100 kilometers. Due to the special tecto

The plate which Panama is on is a micro plate meaning its a small plate that exist between  two actively spreading ridges that moves independently of its surrounding plates, it  is located between the Cocos & Nazca Plates. “ The geological development of Panama is a consequence of the relative motions of the North and South American continental plates and four oceanic plates over the past 150 million years, and is a part of the larger story of the tectonic development of the Caribbean basin and Central America”.  The Panama-Costa Rica arc collided with northwestern South America around 10 million years of causing the cutting off of water circulation between the Pacific and Caribbean ocean.  The Panama micro-plate is moving northward to the Caribbean Plate. Its ongoing collision with South America occurs at a rate of approximately 10-20 millimeters a year . sources:  https://caribbeantectonics.weebly.com/suprasubduction-zone-microplates.html  https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio

                                                                                   Panama has a variety of rainforests, a desert, and beaches located on both coastlines, the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean. It connects both the North and South America. It is shapes almost like an S shape, with its Caribbean coastline being 800 miles   and the pacific one being 1,060 miles long, which lead to the that connect Panama to Costa Rica and the Colombian border. It resides  several Natives , like the Guaymi , Kuna, and Choco people , Panama became the first Spanish colony on the Pacific. T he Panama Canal is 51 miles ling that connects both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and has become a shortcut for cargo ships which makes Panama a big part of the international affairs and world commerce important.  Making importation from Europe to the United States shorter and faster.                                                                                             Panama’s tropical location, tem