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Historic Earthquake
1910 Costa Rica Earthquake
4 May 1910 · Cartago, San Jose · Costa Rica
On 4 May 1910 at 23:50 UTC, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Costa Rica (Cartago, San Jose). It occurred on the Panama Plate, 43 km from its boundary with the Caribbean Plate (continental collision). It killed at least 700 people.
- Date
- 4 May 1910
- Time
- 23:50 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.4
- Deaths
- 700
- Plate
- Panama Plate
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Nearest Volcano
- Irazú Volcano (16 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20122012 Costa Rica Earthquake · M 7.62 deaths
- 19911991 Limon Earthquake · M 7.690 deaths
- 1983Se, Panama · M 7.56 deaths
- 1950Nicaragua · M 7.7
- 1941Costa Rica · M 7.66 deaths
- 1934Panama · M 7.7
- 1916Off Coast · M 7.5
- 1900Costa Rica · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth