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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 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]
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 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 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]
The 1910 Costa Rica earthquakes were a series of destructive seismic events that affected Cartago, Costa Rica from 13 April to 4 May. The sequence began with a M s 5.8 earthquake. The largest and most destructive in the sequence occurred on 4 May, measuring M s 6.4. A total of 2,450 people were killed and the city of Cartago was severely affected.
Most of the casualties and damage were caused by a tsunami affecting the west coasts of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, and it was one of three tsunamis to occur within a span of six months. [8] Runup heights were measured shortly after the earthquake [10] and reached heights of up to 9.9 meters, though the average height was 3 to 8 meters.
Costa Rica, 19 km north northwest of Golfito: 6.1 15.0 VI In places, power was knocked out and power poles were toppled. [206] – – 19 [207] Fiji, 267 km east of Levuka: 8.2 600.0 IV The 2018 Fiji earthquake is the largest earthquake in 2018, and the biggest ever recorded in Fiji. [208]