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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 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 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 .
2012 Costa Rica earthquake; 2017 Costa Rica earthquake This page was last edited on 4 July 2023, at 15:13 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
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 .
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[10] [11] The earthquake has a maximum slip of about 2.5 m. [12] The 1950 earthquake essentially the same part of the plate boundary as the 2012 earthquake. [11] The same area was struck by a M7.7 earthquake in 1950 but had been quiet before the recent earthquake, and the segment of the plate boundary was known as the Nicoya Peninsula seismic ...
The following is a partial list of faults in Costa Rica: This section needs expansion. ... San Miguel Fault, in the Central Valley. [4] Zarceró Fault, in the ...