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List of earthquakes in Costa Rica. Notable earthquakes in the history of Costa Rica include the following: All casualties caused by heart attacks. [1] Largest aftershock of the 2012 Costa Rica earthquake. [2] According to the USGS: " Forty-seven people killed, 109 injured, 7,439 homeless and severe damage (IX) in the Limon-Pandora area.
2009 Cinchona earthquake. The 2009 Cinchona earthquake occurred at 1:21:35 pm local time on January 8 with an Mwc magnitude of 6.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). The shock took place in northern Costa Rica, 30 kilometres (19 mi) north-northwest of San José and was felt throughout Costa Rica and in southern central ...
SAN JOSE/PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck the Panama-Costa Rica border region on Monday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was at a depth of 3 ...
The 2012 Costa Rica earthquake occurred at 08:42 local time (14:42 UTC) on September 5. The epicenter of the 7.6 M w earthquake was in the Nicoya Peninsula, 11 kilometers east-southeast of Nicoya. [6] A tsunami warning was issued shortly afterwards, but later cancelled. Two people are known to have died, one from a heart attack and another, a ...
The 1991 Costa Rica earthquake, also known as the Limon earthquake or Bocas del Toro earthquake, occurred at 3:57 pm local time (21:56:51 UTC) on April 22. The epicenter of the 7.7 Mw earthquake was in Pandora, Valle La Estrella, in the Caribbean region of Limon, Costa Rica, 225 kilometres (140 mi) southeast of San José.
The 2017 Costa Rica earthquake occurred 16 kilometres southeast of Jacó, which is about 100 kilometres southwest of the capital, San Jose [2] on November 12, 2017. At first, the quake was measured at a magnitude of 6.8, it was a magnitude 6.5 earthquake with a max intensity of VIII (Severe) on the Mercalli intensity scale. [3]
Costa Rica was struck by a magnitude 6.9 quake that occurred on August 20 at a depth of 20.0 km (12.4 mi). [75] The South Sandwich Islands were struck by a magnitude 6.2 quake that occurred on August 21 at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi). [76] Chile was struck by a magnitude 6.4 quake that occurred on August 22 at a depth of 33.0 km (20.5 mi). [77]
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck Newport Beach on Wednesday afternoon, resulting in weak shaking in Orange County. The epicenter of the quake, just southeast of Costa Mesa, was underneath ...