List of earthquakes in Nicaragua
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Notable earthquakes in the history of Nicaragua include the following:
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Name | Date | Epicentre | M | MM | Depth (km) |
Notes | Deaths |
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1931 Nicaragua earthquake | Managua[1] | 6.0 | n/d | n/d | 2,500 | ||
1951 Nicaragua earthquake | Cosiguina | 5.8 | n/d | n/d | 1,000 | ||
1956 Nicaragua earthquake | near Masachapa | 7.3 | n/d | 25 km | |||
1968 Nicaragua earthquake | Colonia Centroamérica, Managua | 4.8 | n/d | ||||
1972 Nicaragua earthquake | 06:29:42 UTC |
1972-12-23Managua | 6.2 | n/d | 5 km | Puerto Rican baseball star Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash on December 31 while flying to Managua with food and supplies (see: 1972 Puerto Rico DC-7 crash) | 5,000 |
1992 Nicaragua earthquake | 02 00:16 UTC |
1992-09-02Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. offshore Nicaragua | 7.6 | n/d | 45 km | According to USGS:"Most of the casualties and damage were caused by a tsunami affecting the west coasts of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, reaching heights of up to 8 meters. The tsunami ran inland 1,000 meters at Masachapa."[2] | 116 |
2000 Nicaragua earthquake | 19 30:20 UTC |
2000-07-06Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | 5.4 | n/d | 33 km | 7 | |
2004 Nicaragua earthquake | 21:26:53 UTC |
2004-10-09Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. offshore Nicaragua | 6.9-7.1 | n/d | 35 km | - | |
2005 Nicaragua earthquake | 02:16:44 UTC |
2005-07-02Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. offshore Nicaragua | 6.6 | n/d | 27 km | - |