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Historic Earthquake
1916 Nicaragua Earthquake
27 February 1916 · Off Coast · Nicaragua
On 27 February 1916 at 20:20 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Nicaragua (Off Coast), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the Caribbean Plate, 57 km from its boundary with the Panama Plate (continental collision).
- Date
- 27 February 1916
- Time
- 20:20 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 60 km
- Plate
- Caribbean Plate
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Nearest Volcano
- Orosí Volcano (58 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2014October 2014 Nicaragua Earthquake · M 7.31 deaths
- 20122012 Costa Rica Earthquake · M 7.62 deaths
- 19921992 Nicaragua Earthquake · M 7.6170 deaths
- 1990Puntarenas, San Jose · M 7.3
- 1956Puerto Samoza · M 7.3
- 1950Nicaragua · M 7.7
- 1921Nicaragua · M 7.2
- 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