List of earthquakes in Costa Rica

Notable earthquakes in the history of Costa Rica include the following:

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Name Date Epicentre M MM Depth Notes Deaths
1910 Costa Rica earthquake 1910-05-04
 Cartago 6.4 [1] 700
1966 Costa Rica earthquake 1966-04-09
 5.7 [2]
1974 Costa Rica earthquake 1974-02-28
 5.8 [2]
1983 Costa Rica earthquake 1983-04-02 Golfito 7.2 VIII 26 km Subduction of the Cocos Plate under the Caribbean Plate. Over 51 aftershocks reported with ML > 3,6. 1
1990 Costa Rica earthquake 1990-03-25
13:22:55 UTC		 9°55′08″N 84°48′29″W / 9.919°N 84.808°W / 9.919; -84.808
Entrance to the Gulf of Nicoya		 7.0 VIII 22 km According to USGS: Heavy damage (MM VIII) in the area of Puntarenas, some 60 buildings damaged (MM VII) in the San José area.[3] 1
1990 Costa Rica earthquake (aftershock) 1990-04-28
 5.9 [2]
1991 Costa Rica earthquake 1991-04-22
21:56:51 UTC		 9°41′06″N 83°04′23″W / 9.685°N 83.073°W / 9.685; -83.073
Limon-Pandora area		 7.6 X 10 km According to USGS: "Forty-seven people killed, 109 injured, 7,439 homeless and severe damage (IX) in the Limon-Pandora area. Intensity X was observed in some zones of liquefaction within the epicentral area. 27 people killed, 454 injured, 2,400 homeless and 866 buildings destroyed (VII-VIII) in the Guabito-Almirante-Bocas del Toro area, Panama."[4] 125
1996 Costa Rica earthquake 1996-09-04
 5.8 [2]
1999 Costa Rica earthquake 1999-08-20
10:02:21 UTC		 9°02′N 84°09′W / 9.04°N 84.15°W / 9.04; -84.15
offshore		 6.9 20 km [5] -
2004 Costa Rica earthquake 2004-11-20
08:07:21 UTC		 9°34′52″N 84°13′41″W / 9.581°N 84.228°W / 9.581; -84.228
offshore		 6.4 16 km [6] 8
2009 Costa Rica earthquake 2009-01-08
19:21:34 UTC		 10°11′49″N 84°09′32″W / 10.197°N 84.159°W / 10.197; -84.159
30 km north of San José		 6.1 4.5 km [7] 40
2012 Costa Rica earthquake 2012-09-05
14:42:10 UTC		 10°07′12″N 85°20′49″W / 10.119900°N 85.347000°W / 10.119900; -85.347000
11 km east of Nicoya		 7.6 40.8 km [8]
2012 Costa Rica earthquake (aftershock) 2012-10-24
00:45:34 UTC		 10°07′16″N 85°18′50″W / 10.121001°N 85.314004°W / 10.121001; -85.314004
13 km east-northeast of Hojancha		 6.6 20.1 km Most violent aftershock of the 2012 Costa Rica earthquake.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Historic World Earthquakes: Costa Rica
  2. 1 2 3 4 Se Espera un Nuevo Temblor en 10 Días Diario Extra, 2012-10-13. (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Significant Earthquakes of the World, 1990
  4. ↑ Significant Earthquakes of the World, 1991
  5. ↑ Significant Earthquakes of the World, 1991
  6. ↑ Magnitude 6.4 - COSTA RICA, 20 November 2004 08:07:21 UTC
  7. ↑ Magnitude 6.1 - COSTA RICA 8 January 2009 19:21:34 UTC
  8. ↑ M7.6 - 10km NE of Hojancha, Costa Rica
  9. ↑ Réplica de terremoto de Nicoya causó gran alarma en el país La Nación, 2012-10-24. (Spanish)

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