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Costa Rica / Panama: 7.7 M w: IX: 75–87: 563–759: Extreme damage: 1983-04-03: Costa Rica / Panama: 7.3 M s: 6: Some: Moderate damage: NGDC (1972) 1941-12-05: Costa Rica / Panama: 7.6 M s: IV: 6: Many: Moderate damage / tsunami: NGDC (1972) 1934-07-18: Panama / Costa Rica: 7.7 M s: VII: 4: Limited damage / tsunami: NGDC (1972) 1882-09-07 ...
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.
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake: At least 63 people died and another 3,757 were injured. Major damage was caused in the San Francisco Bay Area, with many structures collapsing there. Also known as the World Series earthquake, it is the largest event to affect the area since 1906. 63 3,757 18 [156] Solomon Islands, Makira: 6.1 45.4 V – - - 18 [157]
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 ...
On December 20 about 100,000 occupy Timișoara. December 20 – The United States invasion of Panama ("Operation Just Cause") is launched in an attempt to overthrow Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega. December 21 – Nicolae Ceaușescu addresses an assembly of some 110,000 people outside the Romanian Communist Party headquarters in Bucharest ...
The ground shook for a little while in Central America overnight as a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck near the border of Costa Rica and Panama, about 28 miles west of the city of San José de ...
The official U.S. rationale for the invasion was articulated by President Bush on the morning of December 20, 1989, a few hours after the start of the operation. Bush cited Panama's declaration of a state of war with the United States and attacks on U.S. troops as justification for the invasion .
The U.S. launched its invasion of Panama on December 20, 1989. Although the killing of the Marine was the ostensible reason for the invasion, the operation had been planned for months before his death. [28] The move was the largest military action by the U.S. since the Vietnam War, and included more than 27,000 soldiers, [1] as well as 300 ...