9°41′06″N83°04′23″W / 9.685°N 83.073°W / 9.685; -83.073 Limon-Pandora area
7.6
X
10 km
According to the USGS: "Forty-seven people killed, 109 injured, 7,439 homeless and severe damage (IX) in the Limon-Pandora area. Intensity X was observed in some zones of liquefaction within the epicentral area. 27 people killed, 454 injured, 2,400 homeless and 866 buildings destroyed (VII-VIII) in the Guabito-Almirante-Bocas del Toro area, Panama."[8]
125
1990 Costa Rica earthquake (aftershock)
1990042800001990-04-28
5.9
[7]
1990 Costa Rica earthquake
1990032500001990-03-25 13:22:55 UTC
9°55′08″N84°48′29″W / 9.919°N 84.808°W / 9.919; -84.808 Entrance to the Gulf of Nicoya
7.0
VIII
22 km
According to USGS: Heavy damage (MM VIII) in the area of Puntarenas, some 60 buildings damaged (MM VII) in the San José area.[9]
1
1983 Costa Rica earthquake
1983-04-02
Golfito
7.2
VIII
26 km
Subduction of the Cocos Plate under the Caribbean Plate. Over 51 aftershocks reported with ML > 3,6.
1
1974 Costa Rica earthquake
1974022800001974-02-28
5.8
[7]
1966 Costa Rica earthquake
1966040900001966-04-09
5.7
[7]
1910 Costa Rica earthquakes
1910050400001910-05-04
Cartago
6.4
[10]
700
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^"Sismo en Costa Rica deja tres muertos por infarto". El Universal (in Spanish). 13 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
^Réplica de terremoto de Nicoya causó gran alarma en el país Archived 24 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine La Nación, 24 October 2012. (in Spanish)
^M7.6 – 10km NE of Hojancha, Costa Rica
^Magnitude 6.1 – COSTA RICA 8 January 2009 19:21:34 UTC Archived 2 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^Magnitude 6.4 – COSTA RICA, 20 November 2004 08:07:21 UTC Archived 18 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^Significant Earthquakes of the World, 1991 Archived 25 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ abcdSe Espera un Nuevo Temblor en 10 Días Archived 17 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine Diario Extra, 13 October 2012. (in Spanish)
^Significant Earthquakes of the World, 1991
^Significant Earthquakes of the World, 1990
^Historic World Earthquakes: Costa Rica Archived 28 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
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