List of earthquakes in Nicaragua
Notable earthquakes in the history of Nicaragua include the following:
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| Name | Date | Epicentre | M | MM | Depth (km) |
Notes | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 Nicaragua earthquake | 1931-03-31 |
Managua[1] | 6.0 | n/d | n/d | 2,500 | |
| 1951 Nicaragua earthquake | 1951-08-02 |
Cosiguina | 5.8 | n/d | n/d | 1,000 | |
| 1956 Nicaragua earthquake | 1956-10-24 |
near Masachapa | 7.3 | n/d | 25 km | ||
| 1968 Nicaragua earthquake | 1968-01-04 |
Colonia Centroamérica, Managua | 4.8 | n/d | |||
| 1972 Nicaragua earthquake | 1972-12-23 06:29:42 UTC |
Managua | 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 | 1992-09-02 02 00:16 UTC |
11°44′31″N 87°20′24″W / 11.742°N 87.340°W 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 | 2000-07-06 19 30:20 UTC |
11°53′02″N 85°59′17″W / 11.884°N 85.988°W | 5.4 | n/d | 33 km | 7 | |
| 2004 Nicaragua earthquake | 2004-10-09 21:26:53 UTC |
11°25′26″N 86°37′59″W / 11.424°N 86.633°W offshore Nicaragua | 6.9-7.1 | n/d | 35 km | - | |
| 2005 Nicaragua earthquake | 2005-07-02 02:16:44 UTC |
11°11′53″N 86°24′40″W / 11.198°N 86.411°W offshore Nicaragua | 6.6 | n/d | 27 km | - | |
List is very incomplete. For starters, 2014-04-10 6.2 Lake Managua, there are others too.
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