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1910 Costa Rica earthquakes: 1910-05-04: Cartago: 6.4 [10] 700 1822 Costa Rica earthquake: 1822-05-07: near Caribbean Coast 7.6 IX Unknown Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists.
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 M w earthquake was in Pandora, Valle La Estrella, in the Caribbean region of Limon, Costa Rica, 225 kilometres (140 mi) southeast of San José.
The 2009 Cinchona earthquake occurred at 1:21:35 pm local time on January 8 with an M wc magnitude of 6.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX ( Violent).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 Nicaragua.
The Costa Rican Red Cross deployed emergency teams with about 205 members and 66 vehicles. [32] According to a preliminary estimation from the Costa Rican government, the earthquake caused a loss of about ₡22.36 billion (US$44.8 million). [2] Facing the damage, the president of Costa Rica expressed the need of a loan from the World Bank. [37]
21 October – The Tico Times reports that freedom of expression and press freedom in Costa Rica has grown more restricted, according to the Chapultepec Index of the Inter American Press Association. The country falls to tenth place on the index, from a ranking of seventh in 2023, and fifth in 2022. [3]
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The Red Sismológica Nacional (National Seismological Network) reported the strength of the tremor as magnitude 4.6, at a depth of 80 kilometres, while the Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica (Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica) described it as a magnitude 4.8 earthquake at a depth of 100 km. [98]
Other earthquakes that have occurred in this region include the 1882 earthquake near Costa Rica, the 1904 Costa RIca earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2, the 1914 Panama earthquake and the 1991 Limon earthquake in Costa Rica killing 127 people. [2]